Mobile tablets for real-time data collection for hospital-based birth defects surveillance in Kampala, Uganda: Lessons learned.

• Main Authors: Dennis Kalibbala (Author), Ayoub Kakande (Author), Robert Serunjogi (Author), Dhelia Williamson (Author), Daniel Mumpe-Mwanja (Author), Joyce Namale-Matovu (Author), Diana Valencia (Author), Beatrice Nalwoga (Author), Christine Namirembe (Author), Joan Seyionga (Author), Margaret Nanfuka (Author), Sophia Nakimuli (Author), Margaret Okwero Achom (Author), Kenneth Mwambi (Author), Philippa Musoke (Author), Linda Barlow-Mosha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Sustainable birth defects surveillance systems provide countries with estimates of the prevalence of birth defects to guide prevention, care activities, and evaluate interventions. We used free and open-source software (Open Data Kit) to implement an electronic system to collect data for a hospital-...