Quantifying the Impact of Human Mobility on Malaria (Science, October 12, 2012, for fee)
Using Cell Phone Data to Curb the Spread of Malaria (HSPH Press Release, October 11, 2012)
Tracking a Killer: Cell Phones Aid Pioneering Malaria Study in Kenya (CNN, October 13, 2012)
Comment: This story is proof positive that not all instances of cell phone location tracking are bad. It's more a matter of how the data is "scrubbed" and then used. Kudos to all for such an inventive effort!
Also worthy of note are plans to use cell phones in a very different way to fight malaria. See below:
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