Real-time surveillance of potential epidemics
summary
Project claims that community volunteers can detect outbreaks earlier and pilots show it works but the tech needs maturing. Pilots: an ORP response trains ≈800 volunteers in Sierra Leone, an 18‑month Haiti pilot uses 240 volunteers sending ~4,500 SMS to prove concept, an Ebola scale-up reaches ~2,500 daily reporters, Madagascar pilot detects animal die‑offs and plague symptoms and adds automated alerts and dashboards. Stack experiments include Magpi → Power BI → Azure/Cosmos + SMS ingestion, containers and event buses. System is effective but resource‑heavy and not yet globally deployable.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 0:28Community Based Surveillance
- 3:32The Eradication Campaign for Cholera in Haiti
- 4:22Community Based Surveillance in Haiti
- 5:10Data Collection
- 5:59Ebola
- 11:25Learning Points
- 27:17Security
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