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A real-time medical cartography of epidemic disease (Nodding syndrome) using village-based lay mHealth reporters

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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. 

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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

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