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abstractpubmed· Abstract 2016· item PMID:26981628

Effectiveness of a Mobile Short-Message-Service-Based Disease Outbreak Alert System in Kenya. We conducted a randomized, controlled trial to test the effectiveness of a text-messaging system used for notification of disease outbreaks in Kenya. Health facilities that used the system had more timely notifications than those that did not (19.2% vs. 2.6%), indicating that technology can enhance disease surveillance in resource-limited settings.