Using mobile phone text messaging for malaria surveillance in rural Kenya.

Journal article

BACKGROUND: Effective surveillance systems are required to track malaria testing and treatment practices. A 26-week study "SMS for Life" was piloted in five rural districts of Kenya to examine whether SMS reported surveillance data could ensure real-time visibility of accurate data and their use by district managers to impact on malaria case-management. METHODS: Health workers from 87 public health facilities used their personal mobile phones to send a weekly structured SMS text message repor...

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Authors: Githinji, S; Kigen, S; Memusi, D; Nyandigisi, A; Wamari, A

• Publication status: Published
• Publisher: BioMed Central
• Journal: Malaria journal
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 107
• Publication date: 2014-01-01
• DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-107
• EISSN: 1475-2875
• ISSN: 1475-2875
• Language: English
• Keywords: Malaria; Text Messaging; Rural Population; Kenya; Humans; Cellular Phone; Internet; Epidemiological Monitoring