Collecting syndromic surveillance data by mobile phone in rural India: Implementation and feasibility

Global Health Action

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Diwan, Vishal ^a,b,c   Agnihotri, Deepak ^a   Hulth, Anette ^c  

^a RD Gardi Medical College   (India)

^b International Centre for Health Research   (India)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

India; Infections; Informal providers; Mobile technology; Syndromic surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PROCEDURES; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CELL PHONES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84929473962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.26608     Document Type: Article

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