Health officials use mobile-phone data to track Ebola spread in Congo
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.“By mid-June, the data showed the risk was significant and that the outbreak could spread there faster than we initially thought.
SUPPORTING THE RESPONSE As the virus spread beyond its initial epicentre, Flowminder expanded the analysis to additional affected areas, examining where people leaving those hotspots were most likely to travel.
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