Title: Use of mobile phones in an emergency reporting system for infectious disease surveillance after the Sichuan earthquake in China

Authors: Yang, Changhong

Place: [Geneva]

Publisher: World health organization (WHO)

Year: 2009

Journal: Bulletin of the World health organization

Volume: vol. 87, no. 8

PAGE: 619--623

Subject: mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, data collection, communicable diseases, emergency medical services, disease control, china

Abstract: The paper describes the experiences in setting up a mobile phone emergency reporting system. Mobile phones were delivered to local healthcare agencies in affected areas, loaded with software to directly input and transmit cases of infectious diseases to a national database for further analysis.

URL: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/87/8/08-060905.pdf

Document type: E-article