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Mobile technology to ensure EPI coverage
ICDDR,B, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) and the JHU Global mHealth Initiative, with Dhaka-based social enterprise, mPower-Health have jointly announced a new collaboration under which research will be undertaken to test a sustainable mechanism to support the Bangladesh Expanded Program on ImmuniSation (EPI) through mobile technologies.
In a launching ceremony, speakers said that the main reasons for low immunisation coverage in hard-to-reach areas and among street children are the absence of effective systems to track newborn children and remind parents about immunisation sessions.
The study will assess the feasibility and effectiveness of above stated auto birth registration and patient reminder systems through use of mobile phones to improve child immunisation coverage among hard-to-reach children.
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