SMS as an intuitive medium for disease surveillance

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On 12nd - 13rd March, 2009. We and, our partners, ChangeFusion and InSTEDD went to Mukdahan for introducing GeoChat, the SMS gateway for rapid reports and responses, to MBDS, Meakhong Basin Disease Surveillance, provincial network. We have been facilitated the SMS local gateway and other technical support to Mukdahan network and the network will be expended to Savannakhet, Laos PDR in future.

The workshop outcome with small pilot group of Mukdahan's Surveillance Rapid Response Team (SRRT) to report disease through SMS who will be monitored disease such as Avian Influenza, cholera, chicken pox, measles, Hand Foot Mount etc.