Using short-message-service notification as a method to improve acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in Papua New Guinea

High quality acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance is required to maintain polio-free status of a country. Papua New Guinea (PNG) is considered as one of the highest risk countries for polio re-importatio...

Source: BMC Public Health - May 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Siddhartha Sankar Datta, Berry Ropa, Gerard Pai Sui, Ramzi Khattar, Ravi Shankar Santhana Gopala Krishnan and Hiromasa Okayasu Source Type: research