Health officials turn to mobile-phone data to track Ebola spread in Congo

Health officials turn to mobile-phone data to track Ebola spread in Congo

By Clement Bonnerot DAKAR, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Health officials battling the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are using anonymised mobile-phone data to map population movements and identify areas where the virus could spread next, ...

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As the virus spread beyond its initial epicentre, Flowminder expanded the analysis.

Health officials turn to mobile-phone data to track Ebola in Congo

Health officials battling the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are using anonymised mobile-phone data to map population movements and identify areas where the virus could ​spread next, according to the World Health Organisation and researchers working with it. The approach, which has not been used before in an Ebola response, comes as […]