Background The 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak across West Africa was devastating, acting not only as a wake-up call for the global health community, but also as a catalyst for innovative change and global action. Improved infectious disease monitoring is the stepping-stone toward better disease prevention and control efforts, and recent research has revealed the potential of digital technologies to transform the field of global health. This scoping review aimed to identify which digital technologies may improve disease prevention and control, with regard to the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Methods A search was conducted on PubMed, EBSCOhost. and Web of Science, with search dates ranging from 2013 (01/01/2013) - 2017 (13/06/2017). Data...
Background: Twitter plays a role in information distribution during emergencies, and it is widely us...
Background: The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease which emerged in the month of March in the year...
As a result of the Modern Communication Revolution the notion of healthcare and health in general ha...
The 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak across West Africa was devastating, acting not only as a wake-up call f...
The use of mobile phone information technology (IT) in the health sector has received much attention...
The West African 2014 Ebola outbreak has highlighted the need for a better information network. Hybr...
Scientists and health communication professionals expressed frustration over the relationship betwee...
Precision global health is an approach similar to precision medicine, which facilitates, through inn...
The lack of adequate disease surveillance systems in Ebola-affected areas has both reduced the abili...
The 2016 Zika outbreak in the Americas was a public health emergency of international concern. Along...
Modern society has been transformed by the digital revolution through cellular phones for communicat...
The Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED-mail) has been using informal sources of data t...
Digital technologies are being harnessed to support the public-health response to COVID-19 worldwide...
Precision global health is an approach similar to precision medicine, which facilitates, through inn...
Mobile phones and computer-based applications can speed up disease outbreak detection and control. H...
Background: Twitter plays a role in information distribution during emergencies, and it is widely us...
Background: The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease which emerged in the month of March in the year...
As a result of the Modern Communication Revolution the notion of healthcare and health in general ha...
The 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak across West Africa was devastating, acting not only as a wake-up call f...
The use of mobile phone information technology (IT) in the health sector has received much attention...
The West African 2014 Ebola outbreak has highlighted the need for a better information network. Hybr...
Scientists and health communication professionals expressed frustration over the relationship betwee...
Precision global health is an approach similar to precision medicine, which facilitates, through inn...
The lack of adequate disease surveillance systems in Ebola-affected areas has both reduced the abili...
The 2016 Zika outbreak in the Americas was a public health emergency of international concern. Along...
Modern society has been transformed by the digital revolution through cellular phones for communicat...
The Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED-mail) has been using informal sources of data t...
Digital technologies are being harnessed to support the public-health response to COVID-19 worldwide...
Precision global health is an approach similar to precision medicine, which facilitates, through inn...
Mobile phones and computer-based applications can speed up disease outbreak detection and control. H...
Background: Twitter plays a role in information distribution during emergencies, and it is widely us...
Background: The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease which emerged in the month of March in the year...
As a result of the Modern Communication Revolution the notion of healthcare and health in general ha...