Disease Surveillance

Web basedWWW

Malaria & Mapping Project

Web Based Malaria Disease Surveillance & Mapping

Project

Feedback & ResultsChallenges

Technical DetailsSolutionProblemOverview

Overview

CURRENTLY MALARIA AFFECTS

NORTHERN AREAS OF

BOTSWANA

PAPER BASED

REPORTING SYSTEM

REPORTS ARE

COLLECTED AND SENT BACK TO MOH AT THE END OF THE MONTH

DATA CLERKS

ENTER DATA INTO

SYSTEM TO BE

AGGREGATED &

ANALYZED

Prob

lemSlow turnaround

time 3 - 4 weeks Paper based

system cumbersome & inefficient

No immediate notifications of

outbreaksData entry, analysis

and aggregation timely &

expensive

Solution

Web based tool developed to view data real-time

DATA BREAKDOWN

AND AGGREGATION

EXPORT TO EXCEL

SITE REPORTING STATISTICS

MAPPING OF CASES & SITES

WITH CASE INFORMATION

SMS NOTIFICATION

S OF REPORTED

CASES

Health workers trained how to enter & submit data using

smartphone

Forms developed for smartphone data entry

Screenshot of Mapping

Demo: Healthcare Workers Perspective

Technical Details

Smartphone Forms

Web based aggregation and analysis

tool

Smartphone Forms

ChallengesRotation of Health Workers • Recent Health worker

strike• Health Workers are

rotated every year

Excessive data usage

by some users

Unable to troubleshoot some

technical issues with health workers in

extremely remote sites

Connectivity only an issue at 1 extremely

remote site.

Feedback and ResultsUsers reported

being more involved in reporting process

Officials at MoH can immediately

escalate & investigate

reported casesDramatic increase

turnaround time for data

aggregation and analysis

Increased dialogue between users about how

the reporting process could work better

FutureExpansion to

New SitesLinking with Telemedicine

Projects

Mapping Improvemen

ts

Responder Interface

Improved Epidemiology Reporting

Other Notifiable Diseases

Cancer Registry

Overlaying case map with net distribution and chemically treated site maps to gauge effectiveness

Mapping Improvement

s

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