Using short-message-service notification as a method to improve acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in Papua New Guinea

Using short-message-service notification as a method to improve acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in Papua New Guinea

Abstract Background High quality acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance is required to maintain polio-free status of a country. Papua New Guinea (PNG) is considered as one of the highest risk countries for polio re-importation and circulation in the Western Pacific Region (WPRO) of the World Hea...

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Main Authors: Siddhartha Sankar Datta, Berry Ropa, Gerard Pai Sui, Ramzi Khattar, Ravi Shankar Santhana Gopala Krishnan, Hiromasa Okayasu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-05-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Disease surveillance
Mobile phone-based surveillance systems
Acute flaccid paralysis
Papua New Guinea
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-3062-5

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