1. Using Mobile Phones to Fight Polio
Yusuf Ibrahim
Training Manager, DataDyne.org
Health Officer, Kenya MOH

2. The Data cycle Weeks to Months (sometimes continuous)
Data Collection
Weeks to Months (sometimes continuous)
Data
Entry
Weeks to Months to Years
Data
Analysis
Weeks to Months to Years
Data
Reporting
Weeks to Months to Years (or never)
Mobile technology can drastically reduce the time between data collection and action.
Action

3. The Data cycle
Data Collection
EpiSurveyor has eliminated the need for data entry and is now automating many analysis and reporting functions -- shortening the time and reduce the costs between collection and action.
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Data
Entry
Data
Analysis
Data
Reporting
Action

4. Kenya August 2009

5. Onset 7th Feb
Reported 9th Feb
Onset 5th Feb
Reported 8th Feb
In February 2009, a series of cases of polio were imported into Lokichogio, in the Turkana North district

6. Kenya responded aggressively
MOH officials conducted two rounds of vaccination campaigns in the impacted areas

7. With only two days between the rounds of the campaign, paper-based surveys would have been much too slow

8. M&E teams used Episurveyor
Information reviewed daily to
reallocate vaccine
reassign personnel
manage cold chain
do on the job training
review social mobilization strategies

9. Any questions? www.datadyne.org Onset 7th Feb Reported 9th Feb