Health and Fitness

Using Cell Phone Data to Curb the Spread of Malaria

Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2012.   New research that combines cell phone data from 15 million people in Kenya with detailed information on the regional incidence of malaria has revealed, on the largest scale so far, how human travel patterns contribute to the disease’s spread. The findings from researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and seven other institutions indicate that malaria, in large part, emanates from Kenya’s Lake Victoria region and spreads east,…

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