Data saves lives: The power of crowdsourcing in a pandemic
summary
A web-based syndromic surveillance survey is built and launched on March 23 launch to feed public health heat maps; tech stack and workflow use Slack, Zoom, Jira, Gather and WhatsApp for field teams. The platform collects 450,000 Canadian responses and, with 400 volunteers, achieves 100,000 surveyed in Mogadishu over 50 days, enabling resource allocation where testing is scarce. Data curation, iterative survey versions, de-identification and consent procedures remain the main hurdles.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:35The motivation
- 2:20The product
- 4:12Why is it useful
- 6:23The team
- 9:23Limitations
- 13:41Key takeaways
- 15:30Communication
- 17:52Project management
- 19:43Summary
- 21:04Learnings
- 21:22Questions
- 25:04Transition
- 26:31Challenges
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