Community-based maternal, newborn, and child health surveillance: perceptions and attitudes of local stakeholders towards using mobile phone by village health volunteers in the Kenge Health Zone, Democratic Republic of Congo

Community-based maternal, newborn, and child health surveillance: perceptions and attitudes of local stakeholders towards using mobile phone by village health volunteers in the Kenge Health Zone, Democratic Republic of Congo

Abstract Background In early 2016, we implemented a community-based maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) surveillance using mobile phones to collect, analyze, and use data by village health volunteers (VHV) in Kenge Health Zone (KHZ), in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The objective of...

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Main Authors: Mulamba Diese, Albert Kalonji, Bibiche Izale, Susie Villeneuve, Ngoma Miezi Kintaudi, Guy Clarysse, Ngashi Ngongo, Abel Mukengeshayi Ntambue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Maternal, newborn, and child health surveillance
Mobile technology
Community, perceptions, attitudes
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-5186-2

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