A commonly encountered scene at a bus stop in a low-income neighborhood of Karachi highlights the closely shared habitat of humans and stray dogs. Mobile phones allow for the operation of national-level disease reporting and surveillance system, at a low cost. See Zaidi et al.
Image Credit: Asad Zaidi
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