Digital Technologies to Enhance Infectious Disease Surveillance in Tanzania: A Scoping Review

被引:4
作者
Mustafa, Ummul-khair [1 ,2 ]
Kreppel, Katharina Sophia [1 ,3 ]
Brinkel, Johanna [4 ,5 ]
Sauli, Elingarami [1 ]
机构
[1] Nelson Mandela African Inst Sci & Technol, Sch Life Sci & Bioengn, POB 447, Arusha, Tanzania
[2] Dar Es Salaam Univ, Coll Educ, Dept Biol Sci, POB 2329, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
[3] Inst Trop Med Antwerpen, Dept Publ Hlth, Kronenburgstr 43, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium
[4] Bernhard Nocht lnst Trop Med, Dept Infect Dis Epidemiol, Bernhard Nocht Str 74, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany
[5] German Ctr Infect Res DZIF, D-38124 Hamburg, Germany
关键词
infectious diseases; surveillance; health management information system; digital technologies; disease surveillance and response system;
D O I
10.3390/healthcare11040470
中图分类号
R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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摘要
Mobile phones and computer-based applications can speed up disease outbreak detection and control. Hence, it is not surprising that stakeholders in the health sector are becoming more interested in funding these technologies in Tanzania, Africa, where outbreaks occur frequently. The objective of this situational review is, therefore, to summarize available literature on the application of mobile phones and computer-based technologies for infectious disease surveillance in Tanzania and to inform on existing gaps. Four databases were searched-Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Excerpta Medica Database (Embase), PubMed, and Scopus-yielding a total of 145 publications. In addition, 26 publications were obtained from the Google search engine. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were met by 35 papers: they described mobile phone-based and computer-based systems designed for infectious disease surveillance in Tanzania, were published in English between 2012 and 2022, and had full texts that could be read online. The publications discussed 13 technologies, of which 8 were for community-based surveillance, 2 were for facility-based surveillance, and 3 combined both forms of surveillance. Most of them were designed for reporting purposes and lacked interoperability features. While undoubtedly useful, the stand-alone character limits their impact on public health surveillance.
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