Mobile phones could help efforts to end malaria
<p><span word="Researchers">Researchers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="studying">studying</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mobile">mobile</span> <span word="phones">phones</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="document">document</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="malaria">malaria</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="effort">effort</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stop">stop</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="Organization">Organization</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="malaria">malaria</span> <span word="mortality">mortality</span> <span word="rates">rates</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="fallen">fallen</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="twenty">twenty</span>-<span word="five">five</span> <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span>. <span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="estimated">estimated</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="hundred">hundred</span> <span word="fifty">fifty</span>-<span word="five">five</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="twenty">twenty</span>-<span word="ten">ten</span>.</p><p><span word="Scientists">Scientists</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="malaria">malaria</span>-<span word="carrying">carrying</span> <span word="mosquitoes">mosquitoes</span> <span word="cannot">cannot</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="insects">insects</span> <span word="can">can</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="do">do</span>, <span word="catch">catch</span> <span word="rides">rides</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="belongings">belongings</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="travel">travel</span>. <span word="Malaria">Malaria</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="malaria">malaria</span> <span word="cases">cases</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="show">show</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="signs">signs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span>.</p><p><span word="That">That</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="Harvard">Harvard</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="mainly">mainly</span> <span word="spreads">spreads</span> <span word="east">east</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Lake">Lake</span> <span word="Victoria">Victoria</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span>, <span word="Nairobi">Nairobi</span>.</p><p><span word="Researchers">Researchers</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Harvard">Harvard</span> <span word="School">School</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Public">Public</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="finding">finding</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mobile">mobile</span> <span word="phone">phone</span> <span word="records">records</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="fifteen">fifteen</span> <span word="million">million</span> <span word="Kenyans">Kenyans</span>.</p><p><span word="Caroline">Caroline</span> <span word="Buckee">Buckee</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="assistant">assistant</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="epidemiology">epidemiology</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Harvard">Harvard</span> <span word="school">school</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="steps">steps</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="stopping">stopping</span> <span word="malaria">malaria</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="learn">learn</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="spread">spread</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="follow">follow</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="movements">movements</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="methods">methods</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="census">census</span> <span word="records">records</span>.</p><p>“<span word="But">But</span> <span word="mobile">mobile</span> <span word="phones">phones</span> <span word="offer">offer</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="unique">unique</span> <span word="way">way</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="unprecedented">unprecedented</span> <span word="scale">scale</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="understand">understand</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="whole">whole</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="moving">moving</span> <span word="around">around</span>.”</p>
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