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

As Congo Ebola deaths pass 3,000, officials seek to track spread via mobile data

As the death toll from its Ebola outbreak exceeds 3,000, the Democratic Republic of Congo is using cell data to map travel routes out of the epidemic's hotspots. The pioneering approach aims to contain the thus-far untreatable strain before it reaches major cities like Kinshasa.

Phone Movement Data Is Guiding Ebola Response in Congo for the First Time as Cases Top 6,000

WHO and Flowminder are using anonymized mobile data to predict Ebola spread in Congo, a first for an Ebola response. Cases exceed 6,250.

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, ...

How health workers are using mobile phone data to combat Ebola in DR Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) is facing its largest and deadliest Ebola outbreak since the…

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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 […]