Paperless registration during survey enumerations and large oral cholera mass vaccination in Zanzibar, the United Republic of Tanzania.
Problem Field trials require extensive data preparation and complex logistics. The use of personal digital assistants (PDAs) can bypass many of the traditional steps that are necessary in a paper-based data entry system. Approach We programmed, designed and supervised the use of PDAs for a large sur...
| Publicado en: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 88; no. 7; pp. 556 - 560 |
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World Health Organization
Jul2010
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