DR Congo seeks to defeat Ebola with digital tool from a Tanzanian University

The App, which was launched yesterday in Morogoro, works by empowering people in communities to use mobile phones to report any suspected cases of people who might have come in contact with infectious diseases such as Ebola, Rift Valley Fever and Marburg. Cholera outbreaks can also be reported at the earliest stage. Prof Esron Karimuribo, a researcher from the Disease-Outbreak Detection and Response in East and Southern Africa (DODRES) based at SUA, revealed that the DRC had expressed intention to secure the App in an effort to deal with the outbreak of Ebola that has so far claimed 27 lives. Prof Karimuribo revealed this during the launch of the App at SUA where government officials and experts from various research organisations teamed up to discuss how they could use it to combat epidemics which have, for many years, affected communities in Tanzania.

DR Congo seeks to defeat Ebola with digital tool from a Tanzanian University

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