EFFECTIVENESS OF A SMARTPHONE APP ON IMPROVING IMMUNIZATION OF CHILDREN IN RURAL SICHUAN PROVINCE, CHINA: A CLUSTER RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of an EPI smartphone application (EPI app) on improving vaccination coverage in rural Sichuan Province, China.Methods This matched-pair cluster randomized controlled study included 32 village doctors, matched in 16 pairs, and took place from 2013 to 2015.Village doctors in th

Malaria in sub-Saharan Africa has historically been almost exclusively attributed to Plasmodium falciparum (Pf).Current diagnostic and surveillance systems in much of sub-Saharan Africa are not designed to identify or report non-Pf human malaria infections accurately, resulting in a dearth of routine epidemiological data about their significance.Th