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Can Mobile Phone Messages to Licensed Chemical Sellers Increase Recommendation of ORS and Zinc?

This presentation describes the SHOPS study examining whether a mobile phone text message (SMS) intervention intended to reinforce messages from a training in Ghana changed private provider behavior related to recommendations of ORS, zinc, and antimicrobials. It was presented at the Making Impact Evaluation Matter: Better Evidence for Effective Policies and Programmes conference in Manila on September 4, 2014.