The use of mobile phones for demographic surveillance of mobile pastoralists and their animals in Chad: Proof of principle

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Jean Richard, Vreni ^a,b   Crump, Lisa ^a,b   Daugla, Doumagoum Moto ^c   Hattendorf, Jan ^a,b   Schelling, Esther ^a,b   Zinsstag, Jakob ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Centre de Support en Santé Internationale CSSI   (Chad)

Author keywords

Demographic surveillance; Herd surveillance; Mobile pastoralists; Mobile phones; One health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHAD; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERD SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVESTOCK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOBILE PASTORALISTS; MOBILE PHONE; MOBILE PHONES; NEWBORN; ONE HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE; HERD SURVEILLANCE; MOBILE PASTORALISTS; MOBILE PHONES; ONE HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLULAR PHONE; CHAD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVESTOCK; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894048747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.23209     Document Type: Article

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