Journal article
Sustainability of a mobile phone application-based data reporting system in Myanmar’s malaria elimination program: a qualitative study
undefined Win Han Oo, undefined Kaung Myat Thu, JC Cutts, undefined Win Htike, undefined Kyawt Mon Win, undefined May Chan Oo, NH Galau, PA Agius, undefined Pyae Phyo Htoon, E Kearney, undefined Aung Thi, undefined Ye Win Aung, undefined Min Min Thein, K Rosecrans, undefined Kyi Tun Lwin, undefined Aung Kyi Min, FJI Fowkes
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making | BMC | Published : 2021
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 un..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The implementation of MCBR and its evaluation was funded by Save the Children, Myanmar. Further funding was received from the National Health and Medical Research Council (Australian Centre for Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination (ACREME) to FJIF (1134989); Career Development Fellowship to FJIF (1166753); and its Independent Research Institute Infrastructure Support Scheme). The authors gratefully acknowledge the Victorian Operational Infrastructure Support Program's contribution to this work via the Burnet Institute. The National Health and Medical Research Council and the Victorian Operational Infrastructure Support Program had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.