A social media-based participatory epidemiology approach for vector-borne disease prevention (VBDP) in South Asia

• Main Authors: Lwin, May Oo, Foo, Schubert, Theng, Yin-Leng, Vijaykumar, Santosh, Cheong, Siew Ann, Lim, Gentatsu
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Microorganisms
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95703; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/10053; http://www.thinkmind.org/index.php?view=article&articleid=etelemed_2013_11_20_40221
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Every year millions of people in south Asia and other tropical regions face the threat of vector-borne infectious diseases (VBD) such as Malaria and Dengue. Existing prevention strategies use principles of epidemiology and health communication separately, despite the fact that new technological capa...