Authors: Raquel Valdes Angues, Austen Suits, Valerie S. Palmer, Caesar Okot, Robert A. Okot, Concy Atonywalo, Suzanne K. Gazda, David L. Kitara, Moka Lantum, Peter S. Spencer
This article describes the feasibility of developing real-time, village-based health surveillance of an epidemic of Nodding syndrome (NS) using software-programmed smartphones operated by minimally trained lay mHealth reporters in northern Uganda.
Link: A real-time medical cartography of epidemic disease (Nodding syndrome) using village-based lay mHealth reporters
Resource Topic: CHW Role, Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Data Collection, mHealth and Technology
Resource Type: Best practices, Research
Year: 2019
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Country: Uganda
Publisher May Restrict Access: No