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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Published in: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 1/2019

Open Access 01-12-2019 | Software

Epihack Sri Lanka: development of a mobile surveillance tool for dengue fever

Authors: May O. Lwin, Anita Sheldenkar, Chitra Panchapakesan, Janelle Shaina Ng, Jerrald Lau, Karthikayen Jayasundar, Kasun Horathalge, Vajira Sampath Rathnayake, Adam W. Crawley, Prasad Wimalaratne

Published in: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making | Issue 1/2019

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Abstract

Background

Dengue is a serious problem around the globe, with 3.9 billion people at risk of the disease. Sri Lanka has recently seen unprecedented rates of dengue with 4.3 times more cases than during the same period over the previous six years. The paper discusses the development of an integrated health systems framework, aided by mobile technology, to combat and contain dengue via a health hackathon in Sri Lanka.

Results

The framework addresses the key functions of surveillance, health communication and civic engagement through innovations including digitisation of hospital forms; digital aid to Public Health Inspectors (PHIs); data consolidation and analytics; education for construction workers, GPs, and schools; and educating the general public.

Conclusions

We present the impact of the disease burden in tropical countries, such as Sri Lanka, current technological solutions, and the process of developing the mobile application modules developed via the health hackathon.
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Metadata
Title
Epihack Sri Lanka: development of a mobile surveillance tool for dengue fever
Authors
May O. Lwin
Anita Sheldenkar
Chitra Panchapakesan
Janelle Shaina Ng
Jerrald Lau
Karthikayen Jayasundar
Kasun Horathalge
Vajira Sampath Rathnayake
Adam W. Crawley
Prasad Wimalaratne
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6947
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-019-0829-5

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