Using mobile phones in a real-time Biosurveillance Program: Lessons from the frontlines in Sri Lanka and India

International Symposium on Technology and Society, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 366-374

  Gow, Gordon A ^a   Waidyanatha, Nuwan ^b   Mary, Vincy Pushpa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LIRNEasia ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSURVEILLANCE; DATA REPORTING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EARLY DETECTION; FORMATIVE EVALUATION; FRONTLINE; KEY COMPONENT; NEW INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; REMOTE LOCATION; RESEARCH INITIATIVES; SRI LANKA; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77955673891     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISTAS.2010.5514617     Document Type: Conference Paper

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