Sustainability of a mobile phone application-based data reporting system in Myanmar's malaria elimination program: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Strengthening surveillance systems to collect near-real-time case-based data plays a fundamental role in achieving malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). With the advanced and widespread use of digital technology, mHealth is increasingly taking a prominent role in malaria surveillance systems in GMS countries, including Myanmar. In Myanmar's malaria elimination program, an mHealth system called Malaria Case-based Reporting (MCBR) has been applied for case-based reporting of malaria data by integrated community malaria volunteers (ICMVs). However, the sustainability of such mHealth systems in the context of existing malaria elimination programs in Myanmar is unknown.

Methods

Focus group discussions were conducted with ICMVs and semi-structured i

SUBMITTER: Win Han Oo 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8521268 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature