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To overcome these, we designed a novel hybrid analogue\/digital data management system which was deployed during the rapid implementation of a Phase III evaluation of a two-dose preventative vaccine for Ebola virus disease in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, from 2019 to 2022. We provided study participants with an Enhanced Participant Record Card (EPRC) that served as eligibility for, and confirmation of, vaccination and was used in combination with Open Data Kit (ODK) electronic case report forms to create an off-grid study participant management system. To understand the utility of the EPRC, we analysed data from 15,327 study participants who received both vaccines and various types of prompts or reminders to return for dose 2, including home visits, telephone calls, or short messaging service (SMS). A total of 53% participants referred to the date on the EPRC as a prompt to return for dose 2 and 36.1% mentioned this as the only prompt. 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