Enhancing Decision Support for Vector-Borne Disease Control Programs--The Disease Data Management System

Edward K Thomsen; Rinki M Deb; Sophie Dunkley; Marlize Coleman; Geraldine Foster; Miguel Orlans; Michael Coleman

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004342

Enhancing Decision Support for Vector-Borne Disease Control Programs--The Disease Data Management System

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Feb 18;10(2):e0004342. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004342. eCollection 2016 Feb.

Authors

Edward K Thomsen¹, Rinki M Deb¹, Sophie Dunkley¹, Marlize Coleman¹, Geraldine Foster¹, Miguel Orlans¹, Michael Coleman¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Communicable Disease Control / methods*
Communicable Diseases / diagnosis*
Communicable Diseases / therapy*
Decision Support Techniques*
Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control*
Disease Vectors*
Epidemiologic Methods*
Humans

Grants and funding

Funding for the initial development of the system was provided by the Innovative Vector Control Consortium. Funding for the implementation was provided by the President’s Malaria Initiative and the Zambia Integrated Systems Strengthening Program through the United States Agency for International Development, Medical Care Development International, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the World Health Organization through a TDR grant. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.