Understanding mSOS: A qualitative study examining the implementation of a text-messaging outbreak alert system in rural Kenya

• Mitsuru Toda ,

  * E-mail: mitsuru.toda@tm.nagasaki-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Tokyo, Japan

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• Ian Njeru ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ian Njeru, Dejan Zurovac, David Kareko

  Affiliation Kenya Ministry of Health Disease Surveillance and Response Unit, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Dejan Zurovac ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ian Njeru, Dejan Zurovac, David Kareko

  Affiliations Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom, Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya

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• David Kareko ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ian Njeru, Dejan Zurovac, David Kareko

  Affiliation Kenya Ministry of Health Disease Surveillance and Response Unit, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Shikanga O-Tipo ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Kenya Ministry of Health Disease Surveillance and Response Unit, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Matilu Mwau ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Kouichi Morita

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan

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