Mobile Phones As Surveillance Tools: Implementing and Evaluating a Large-Scale Intersectoral Surveillance System for Rabies in Tanzania

PLoS Med. 2016 Apr 12;13(4):e1002002. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002002. eCollection 2016 Apr.

Abstract

Katie Hampson and colleagues describe their experience of developing and deploying a large-scale rabies surveillance system based on mobile phones in southern Tanzania.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Bites and Stings / virology*
  • Cell Phone*
  • Communicable Disease Control / instrumentation*
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Immunization Schedule
  • Population Surveillance
  • Program Development
  • Program Evaluation
  • Rabies / diagnosis
  • Rabies / epidemiology
  • Rabies / prevention & control*
  • Rabies / transmission
  • Rabies / virology
  • Rabies Vaccines / administration & dosage*
  • Tanzania / epidemiology
  • Telemedicine / instrumentation*
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vaccination

Substances

  • Rabies Vaccines