Table 1 Uses and number of electronic data collection tools as reported in the review or survey for outbreak response in LMICs

Data collection (n = 33)

Surveillance

25

6

2

81

Case management

18

8

7

69

Other collection activities

13

8

12

62

Health promotion

13

11

9

54

Laboratory

13

12

8

52

Case investigation

13

13

7

50

Alerts

11

13

9

46

Contact tracing

11

14

8

44

WASH

7

16

10

30

IPC

6

18

9

25

Data management (n = 13)

Data management

10

0

3

100

Data cleaning

8

1

4

88

Survey generation

10

2

1

83

Other data management activities

7

3

3

70

Data analysis (n = 49)

Data visualisation

21

8

20

72

Mapping

18

8

23

69

Descriptive analysis

16

8

25

67

Data reporting

15

8

26

65

Data cleaning

11

8

30

58

Dashboard creation

12

9

28

57

Spatial analysis

12

10

27

55

Other data analysis activities

10

9

30

53

Modelling

11

10

28

52

Phylogenetic analysis

13

17

19

43