Title: Use of an innovative, affordable, and open-source short message service-based tool to monitor malaria in remote areas of Uganda

Authors: Asiimwe, Caroline

Place: Deerfield, IL

Publisher: American society of tropical medicine and hygiene

Year: 2011

Journal: American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene

Volume: Vol. 85, No. 1

PAGE: 26--33

Subject: mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, health services, data collection, malaria, uganda

Abstract: In 2009, a SMS reporting system was introduced in two districts in Uganda in order to improve malaria monitoring and track medication stocks in rural health facilities. The paper reviews the influence on managing stock data and disease monitoring.

URL: http://www.ajtmh.org/content/85/1/26.full.pdf+html

Document type: E-article