Effectiveness of a Mobile Short-Message-Service–Based Disease Outbreak Alert System in Kenya
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We conducted a randomized, controlled trial to test the effectiveness of a text-messaging system used for notification of disease outbreaks in Kenya. Health facilities that used the system had more timely notifications than those that did not (19.2% vs. 2.6%), indicating that technology can enhance disease surveillance in resource-limited settings.
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- Authors
- Toda, M., Njeru, I., Zurovac, D., Tipo, S. O., Kareko, D., Mwau, M., & Morita, K.
- Affiliations
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Toda, Mitsuru
- Venue
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2016-04
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 711-715
- ISSN
- 1080-6040 (ISSN-L)
- 1080-6059
- PMC
- PMC4806970
- OpenAlex
- W2418803210
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 14
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 3.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Emerging infectious diseases (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Nagasaki University's Academic Output SITE (Nagasaki University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
- Japan International Cooperation Agency
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › ICT in Developing Communities
- Keywords
- short message service, text messaging, disease surveillance, outbreak notification, healthcare facilities, resource-limited settings, Kenya
- MeSH terms
- Workforce, Anthrax, Disease Outbreaks, Dracunculiasis, Health Facilities, Humans, Inservice Training, Kenya, Measles, Q Fever, Disease Notification, Cell Phone, Text Messaging, Epidemiological Monitoring
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