Controlling Ebola through mHealth strategies

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e22-

  O'Donovan, James ^a,b   Bersin, Amalia ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; GOVERNMENT; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION; LETTER; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT CARE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; EDUCATION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; TELEMEDICINE;

AFRICA, WESTERN; CELL PHONES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84919470845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70357-2     Document Type: Letter

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