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-...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2022-06-01
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Series: | PLOS Global Public Health |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000662 |
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