Using Cell Phones to Fight Polio

Meghan Cagley, Program Officer, DataDyne

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The Ministry of Health in Kenya used EpiSurveyor Mobile to monitor teams responding to a wild poliovirus outbreak in the Turkana North district. For the first time, supervisors and field staff were able to manage the complexity of the campaign with real time data from the field. Managers were able to reallocate vaccines and personnel to the areas of highest need, as they were needed, thus improving the efficacy of the campaign. Kenya is committed to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative declared by the World Health Assembly and has been implementing the strategies recommended by WHO.

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