Informational and technological needs of public health inspectors and design of mobile, social media solutions for dengue prevention in Sri Lanka

• Main Authors: Lwin, May Oo, Vijaykumar, Santosh, Rathnayake, Vajira Sampath, Fernando, Owen Noel Newton, Lim, Gentatsu
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102123; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19854; http://www.medicine20congress.com/ocs/index.php/med/med2013/paper/view/1951
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: Among tropical countries, Sri Lanka is among the worst affected by Dengue. In 2012, nearly 40,000 people were affected by Dengue with reports that the capital city of Colombo was the epicentre from which Dengue was spreading to different parts of the country. While Dengue prevention effo...