 Significantly, mobile telephones are becoming integrated into virtually all aspects of society,9,10,1112 and may provide an opportunity to improve health related behaviours , in particular through the use of Short Message Service SMS 13 . In a randomized controlled trial to evaluate a text message-based intervention designed to help individuals lose or maintain weight over 4 months, the intervention group who received personalized SMS and MMS messages sent two to five times daily, printed materials, and brief monthly phone calls from a health counsellor lost more weight than the comparison group who only received only monthly printed materials 14. In another study, sending text messages to mobile phones increased the effectiveness of a smoking cessation intervention among college students 15. Similarly, in a program conducted among youth with type 1 diabetes 16, daily text messages were helpful for disease self-management, increased self-efficacy, and treatment adherence and achieved high satisfaction among participants. Again, weekly SMS self-monitoring of bulimic symptoms with automatic SMS feedback resulted in good monitoring adherence and acceptability in women aged 16 to 44 post-discharge from inpatient treatment 17. There are also established research evidence for using SMS to remind patients of scheduled medical appointments,18,19,20,21, 22 coordinate medical staff,23 deliver medical test results,24,25,26 and monitor patient side effects following treatment27. 