Development of a data collection and management system in West Africa: challenges and sustainability

• Main Authors: Jeffrey G. Shaffer (Author), Seydou O. Doumbia (Author), Daouda Ndiaye (Author), Ayouba Diarra (Author), Jules F. Gomis (Author), Davis Nwakanma (Author), Ismaela Abubakar (Author), Abdullahi Ahmad (Author), Muna Affara (Author), Mary Lukowski (Author), Clarissa Valim (Author), James C. Welty (Author), Frances J. Mather (Author), Joseph Keating (Author), Donald J. Krogstad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Developing and sustaining a data collection and management system (DCMS) is difficult in malaria-endemic countries because of limitations in internet bandwidth, computer resources and numbers of trained personnel. The premise of this paper is that development of a DCMS in West Af...