Ebola Fighters Enlist Texts in Bid to Curb Outbreak
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Aid workers in Liberia tried out a new tool this week to contain the world’s worst Ebola outbreak: the text message.
Using technology that can target mobile phones in a specific area, workers with the United Nations Children’s Fund sent texts to a group of Monrovia teenagers telling them how to sign up for Ebola alerts. The teens texted back questions, such as how can they avoid getting sick?