Morbidity management and surveillance of lymphatic filariasis disease and acute dermatolymphangioadenitis attacks using a mobile phone-based tool by community health volunteers in Ghana

Morbidity burden of lymphatic filariasis (LF) relies on the information from the Mass Drug Administration (MDA) programme where Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) passively report cases identified. Consequently, the exact prevalence of morbidity cases is not always accurate. The use of mobile phone...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2020-11, Vol.14 (11), p.e0008839-e0008839
Hauptverfasser:	Debrah, Linda Batsa, Mohammed, Aliyu, Osei-Mensah, Jubin, Mubarik, Yusif, Agbenyega, Olivia, Ayisi-Boateng, Nana Kwame, Pfarr, Kenneth, Kuehlwein, Janina Melanie, Klarmann-Schulz, Ute, Hoerauf, Achim, Debrah, Alexander Yaw
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Aged Algorithms Animals Cell Phone Cell phones Cellular telephones Community Data collection Disease Disease Notification - methods Elephantiasis, Filarial - epidemiology Engineering and Technology Epidemiological Monitoring Female Filariasis Ghana - epidemiology Health care facilities Health facilities Health services Humans Hygiene Infections Information management Interactive systems Lymphedema Lymphedema - epidemiology Male Management Management systems Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Morbidity Patients Prevalence Short message service Social Sciences Testicular Hydrocele - epidemiology Text messaging Tropical diseases Vector-borne diseases Wuchereria bancrofti - isolation & purification Young Adult
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