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Waikato trialling mobile top-ups to keep kids on RHD prevention regimen

10 February 2017
By Kate McDonald

Waikato District Health Board is trialling the use of incentives such as mobile phones and monthly top-ups, along with the DHB's SmartHealth system, to encourage local kids with rheumatic fever to persist with their long-term antibiotic regimen.

Waikato DHB has partnered with telecommunications firm Spark on the trial, in which youngsters are given Samsung Galaxy Smartphones and monthly top-ups courtesy of prepay network Activata. The participants receive the top-up each time they present for their monthly injections, and they are sent reminders through the SmartHealth platform.

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