Use of mobile information technology for real-time monitoring and mapping of polio campaign coverage in Iraq

Mobile information technology may support the collection of standardised data in a timely manner to inform and improve decision-making for polio programming and response. We utilised mobile smartphones to collect and map data from more than ten thousand households during six national and subnational rounds of polio immunisation in Iraq between April to September 2014. The combined results of household post-campaign monitoring surveys across all six campaigns are presented here, together with discussion of the application of mobile information technology for polio campaign monitoring and mapping in a real-time setting.