Development of a data collection and management system in West Africa: challenges and sustainability

Development of a data collection and management system in West Africa: challenges and sustainability

Abstract Background Developing and sustaining a data collection and management system (DCMS) is difficult in malaria-endemic countries because of limitations in internet bandwidth, computer resources and numbers of trained personnel. The premise of this paper is that development of a DCMS in West Af...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey G. Shaffer, Seydou O. Doumbia, Daouda Ndiaye, Ayouba Diarra, Jules F. Gomis, Davis Nwakanma, Ismaela Abubakar, Abdullahi Ahmad, Muna Affara, Mary Lukowski, Clarissa Valim, James C. Welty, Frances J. Mather, Joseph Keating, Donald J. Krogstad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Data collection
Data (database) management system
Diseases of poverty
Malaria
Plasmodium falciparum
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-018-0494-4

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