Information Dissemination Critical In Ebola Response
IntraHealth International’s “Vital”: In West Africa’s Ebola Crisis, a Mobile Phone-Based Hero for Health Workers
Amanda Puckett, a program manager with IntraHealth International, discusses the importance of information dissemination among health workers in Liberia’s Ebola outbreak response, and she highlights “mHERO (Health Worker Electronic Response and Outreach), a free mobile phone-based communication system that allows Ministry of Health staff to quickly send key text messages to frontline health workers, even in remote areas…” (9/8).
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