Thursday
September 3
2026

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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Health Care, Technology, Telecommunications
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corporations, data, infectious diseases, research