Using mobile phones for rapid reporting of zoonotic diseases in rural South Africa

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 161, Issue , 2010, Pages 179-189

  Thinyane, Hannah ^a   Hansen, Susan ^a,b   Foster, Greg ^a   Wilson, Laurie ^c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

emerging countries; Mobile veterinary telehealth; telehealth software and systems

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MHEALTH; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE SETS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

DEVELOPING REGIONS; EMERGING COUNTRIES; INITIAL PHASIS; MEDICAL HEALTH; NEAR-REAL TIME; RAPID RESPONSE; TELEHEALTH; ZOONOTIC DISEASE;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

EID: 78649513113     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-659-1-179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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