An overview of mobile health applications (mHealth apps) supporting Tuberculosis elimination efforts - Takeaways - MDSpire

An overview of mobile health applications (mHealth apps) supporting Tuberculosis elimination efforts

  • By

  • Karikalan Nagarajan

  • Nickson Rajamani

  • Shelshia Muniappan

  • Aswin Vickirananth Jeyachithra

  • Yasaswany Santhoshkumar

  • Archana Verma

  • Arangba Stephen

  • Malaisamy Muniyandi

  • July 7, 2026

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    A systematic search identified 196 mobile health applications (mHealth Apps) for tuberculosis (TB) care, with 48 meeting the inclusion criteria for analysis.

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    Of the included mHealth Apps, 46% were oriented towards health workers, 21% focused on beneficiaries, and 33% targeted a mixed audience.

  • 3

    Key features included on-demand information for beneficiaries in 38% of Apps and personal health tracking in 29%, while telemedicine features were less than 20%.

  • 4

    Decision support, referral coordination, and data interoperability features were notably low across the analyzed mHealth Apps.

  • 5

    The study highlights the need for more community-centric and frontline worker-oriented mHealth Apps developed through participatory co-design.

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An overview of mobile health applications (mHealth apps) supporting Tuberculosis elimination efforts

  • by Karikalan Nagarajan, Nickson Rajamani, Shelshia Muniappan, Aswin Vickirananth Jeyachithra, Yasaswany Santhoshkumar, Archana Verma, Arangba Stephen, Malaisamy Muniyandi

  • July 7, 2026

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