OBJECTIVES

: The main goal of the initiative is to improve the health of the population, especially by reaching out to disadvantaged population groups by introducing Mobile Health (mHealth) technology at the primary care level.

METHODS

: Ultrasound apparatus, ECG, rapid diagnostic tests, other essential tools were distributed to support target family health centres in both urban and rural areas. A number of capacity building training were organised for the health workers of the target sites. Visiting Home Services (VHS), mobile application, and digitalising paper forms for the communicable and noncommunicable disease screening at the primary health care was applied in health information system.

RESULTS

: Mobile health service teams conducted health examination combined with screenings. Among the total adults examined, 14.1% new cases were detected as confirmed hyper tonic and 16.4% of confirmed diabetic. For 15.6% people were observed changes in ECG. For 20%, abnormal ultrasound imaged cases were confirmed. 105 new cases for Hepatitis B and 123 for Hepatitis C were confirmed.

CONCLUSIONS

: The mobile health based screening project implementation highlights the importance of investing comprehensively in strategies for implementation, without which any new initiative is less likely to be implemented successfully. Mongolia, a low to middle-income country with the double burden of disease, can serve as an example for other countries in the region and globally in the implementation of mobile health technologies to achieve better screening programs at the urban and rural setting.