EpiCollect in Ebola Surveillance

FAO is supporting the Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoH) to maintain an active surveillance system for tracking and monitoring trends and outcomes of the prevalence of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country.

FAO has provided a two-day training session and several high-tech IT equipment including 18 tablet PCs and one computer with accessories. They will be used in the EpiCollect data collection and storage technology to enable staff of the MoH to collect, store and monitor data emanating from Ebola cases in the counties. The effort is essential in monitoring, reclassifying cases, alerting new cases and contacts and carrying out post-epidemic evaluation.

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Can mobile phones help fight against undernutrition?

Article in the Guardian discussing how mobile phone technology is being used in the fight against undernutrition. 

Indonesia has one of the highest numbers of undernourished children in the world.Photograph: Ahmad Zamroni/AFP/Getty Images

A new study carried out by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), World Vision Indonesia and World Vision Canada calls for the need to properly assess the impact of using mobile phone technology to address undernutrition. 

Using mobile phones in malaria control programmes

The Malaria Consortium is doing some exciting work in the use of mobiles to aid the control of malaria. This photo story from the Guardian captures some of the innovative ways that field workers have been able to adapt the functions of a basic mobile to do everything from providing lighting to accessing disease information.

Mission Rabies now using EpiCollect in India

Mission Rabies have successfully used EpiCollect to capture over 60,000 data records for vaccinated dogs in India.