Timelier notification and action with mobile phones-towards malaria elimination in South Africa

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Quan, Vanessa ^a,b   Hulth, Anette ^c   Kok, Gerdalize ^d   Blumberg, Lucille ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Elimination; Evaluation; Malaria surveillance; Mobile phone; Rural; SMS notification; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALARIA CONTROL; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEXT MESSAGING;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CELLULAR PHONE; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; MALARIA; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899620051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-151     Document Type: Article

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