Mobile tablets for real-time data collection for hospital-based birth defects surveillance in Kampala, Uganda: Lessons learned.

Sustainable birth defects surveillance systems provide countries with estimates of the prevalence of birth defects to guide prevention, care activities, and evaluate interventions. We used free and open-source software (Open Data Kit) to implement an electronic system to collect data for a hospital-...

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Main Authors: Dennis Kalibbala, Ayoub Kakande, Robert Serunjogi, Dhelia Williamson, Daniel Mumpe-Mwanja, Joyce Namale-Matovu, Diana Valencia, Beatrice Nalwoga, Christine Namirembe, Joan Seyionga, Margaret Nanfuka, Sophia Nakimuli, Margaret Okwero Achom, Kenneth Mwambi, Philippa Musoke, Linda Barlow-Mosha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-06-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000662