Mobile phones can help improve malaria detection and treatment in remote rural areas, according to research carried out in Bangladesh.Although people could report suspected malaria to field workers when they visited local communities, a slightly greater number of suspected cases were reported using mobile phones, leading the researchers to conclude that the use of mobiles had helped to increase the number of potential cases tested and treated.
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