Health Officials Turn to Mobile-Phone Data to Track Ebola Spread in Congo
By Clement Bonnerot
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.
Photo courtesy of Jacob Wackerhausen.
Source: Reuters (link opens in a new window)
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