A real-time medical cartography of epidemic disease (Nodding syndrome) using village-based lay mHealth reporters.

• Main Authors: Raquel Valdes Angues (Author), Austen Suits (Author), Valerie S Palmer (Author), Caesar Okot (Author), Robert A Okot (Author), Concy Atonywalo (Author), Suzanne K Gazda (Author), David L Kitara (Author), Moka Lantum (Author), Peter S Spencer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Disease surveillance in rural regions of many countries is poor, such that prolonged delays (months) may intervene between appearance of disease and its recognition by public health authorities. For infectious disorders, delayed recognition and intervention enables uncontrolled disease sp...