Published on in Vol 3, No 4 (2017): Oct-Dec

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/7373, first published .
A Smartphone App (AfyaData) for Innovative One Health Disease Surveillance from Community to National Levels in Africa: Intervention in Disease Surveillance

A Smartphone App (AfyaData) for Innovative One Health Disease Surveillance from Community to National Levels in Africa: Intervention in Disease Surveillance

A Smartphone App (AfyaData) for Innovative One Health Disease Surveillance from Community to National Levels in Africa: Intervention in Disease Surveillance

Esron Daniel Karimuribo   1 * , BVM, MVM, PhD ;   Eric Mutagahywa   2 * , MEngSc ;   Calvin Sindato   2 , BVM, MPVM, PhD ;   Leonard Mboera   3 * , BVM, MSc, PhD ;   Mpoki Mwabukusi   2 , BCS ;   M Kariuki Njenga   4 * , BVSc, PhD ;   Scott Teesdale   5 , MPH ;   Jennifer Olsen   6 , DrPH ;   Mark Rweyemamu   2 * , BVSc, PhD, FRCVS

1 Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, United Republic of Tanzania

2 Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, United Republic of Tanzania

3 National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

4 Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

5 Innovative Support to Emergencies Diseases and Disasters, San Francisco, CA, United States

6 Skoll Global Threats Fund, San Francisco, CA, United States

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Esron Daniel Karimuribo, BVM, MVM, PhD
  • Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health
  • College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
  • Sokoine University of Agriculture
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  • Morogoro, Tanzania
  • United Republic of Tanzania
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