Availability and Suitability of Digital Health Tools in Africa for Pandemic Control: Scoping Review and Cluster Analysis.
Bernard Chawo SilenouJohn L Z NyirendaAhmed ZaghloulBerit LangeJuliane DoerrbeckerKarl SchenkelGérard KrausePublished in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2021)
There is a large range of tools in use; however, most of them do not offer a comprehensive set of attributes, resulting in the need for public health workers having to use multiple tools in parallel. Only 13% (4/30) of the tools cover most of the attributes, including those most relevant for response to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as laboratory interface, contact follow-up, and transmission network visualization.