An mHealth App (eSkinHealth) for Detecting and Managing Skin Diseases in Resource-Limited Settings: Mixed Methods Pilot Study

Rie R Yotsu   ^{1, 2, 3} , MPH, DTM&H, MD, PhD ;   Diabate Almamy   ⁴ , MD, PhD ;   Bamba Vagamon   ^{4, 5} , MD, PhD ;   Kazuko Ugai   ² , RN, MPH ;   Sakiko Itoh   ^{6, 7} , RN, PHN, MSc, PhD ;   Yao Didier Koffi   ^{8, 9} , MD, PhD ;   Mamadou Kaloga   ⁹ , MD, PhD ;   Ligué Agui Sylvestre Dizoé   ¹⁰ , MD ;   Kouamé Kouadio   ¹¹ , MD, PhD ;   N’guetta Aka   ¹¹ , MD, PhD ;   Luc Kowaci Gontran Yeboue   ¹² , MSc ;   Koffi Aubin Yao   ¹² , MSc ;   Ronald E Blanton   ¹ , MSc, MD

¹ Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States

² School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

³ Department of Dermatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjuku, Japan

⁴ Department of Dermatology, Université Alassane Ouattara, Bouaké, Cote D'Ivoire

⁵ Raoul Follereau Institute Côte d’Ivoire, Adzopé, Cote D'Ivoire

⁶ Department of Genome Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan

⁷ Department of Home Health and Palliative Care Nursing, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

⁸ Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire

⁹ National Buruli Ulcer Control Program, Ministry of Health of Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire

¹⁰ National Control Program for Elimination of Leprosy, Ministry of Health of Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire

¹¹ Pasteur Institute, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire

¹² Hope Commission International, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire