SMS-based smartphone application for disease surveillance has doubled completeness and timeliness in a limited-resource setting - evaluation of a 15-week pilot program in Central African Republic (CAR).

El-Khatib, Ziad; Shah, Maya; N Zallappa, Samuel; Nabeth, Pierre; Guerra, José; T Manengu, Casimir; Yao, Michel; Philibert, Aline; Massina, Lazare; Staiger, Claes-Philip; Mbailao, Raphael; Kouli, Jean-Pierre; Mboma, Hippolyte; Duc, Geraldine; Inagbe, Dago; Boubaca Barry, Alpha; Dumont, Thierry; Cavailler, Philippe; Quere, Michel; Willett, Brian; Reaiche, Souheil; de Ribaucourt, Hervé; Reeder, Bruce

doi:10.1186/s13031-018-0177-6

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SMS-based smartphone application for disease surveillance has doubled completeness and timeliness in a limited-resource setting - evaluation of a 15-week pilot program in Central African Republic (CAR).

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Authors:

Ziad El-Khatib

Maya Shah

Samuel N Zallappa

Abstract

BACKGROUND: It is a challenge in low-resource settings to ensure the availability of complete, timely disease surveillance information. Smartphone applications (apps) have the potential to enhance surveillance data transmission. METHODS: The Central African Republic (CAR) Ministry of Health and Méde...

Subject

Innovation and health

Limited resource settings

Surveillance

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