Table 1.

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

Purpose of tool	Use	Yes (n)	No (n)	Unknown (n)	% Yesa
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

^aThe denominator is the sum of yes and no