Effectiveness of a Mobile Short-Message-Service-Based Disease Outbreak Alert System in Kenya.
Toda M., Njeru I., Zurovac D., O-Tipo S., Kareko D., Mwau M., Morita K.
We conducted a randomized, controlled trial to test the effectiveness of a text-messaging system used for notification of disease outbreaks in Kenya. Health facilities that used the system had more timely notifications than those that did not (19.2% vs. 2.6%), indicating that technology can enhance disease surveillance in resource-limited settings.