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Journal article Tracking health seeking behavior during an Ebola outbreak via mobile phones and SMSS. Feng et al. npj Digital Medicine2018

Tracking health seeking behavior during an Ebola outbreak via mobile phones and SMS

Shuo Feng, Karen A. Grépin, Rumi Chunara · 2 Oct 2018

npj Digital Medicine, 1, 51

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Abstract

A national SMS poll of 6,694 people in Liberia, run from March to June 2015 and compared with the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey, tracked how people sought care during the Ebola outbreak; deliveries in health facilities fell during the outbreak.

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Shuo Feng, Karen A. Grépin, Rumi Chunara (2018). Tracking health seeking behavior during an Ebola outbreak via mobile phones and SMS. npj Digital Medicine, 1, 51. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-018-0055-z

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