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Mobile Contact Tracing and Case Management for CHWs

Mobile Contact Tracing and Case Management for CHWs. Jonathan Jackson CEO, Co-Founder Dimagi , Inc.

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Mobile Contact Tracing and Case Management for CHWs

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  1. Mobile Contact Tracing and Case Management for CHWs Jonathan Jackson CEO, Co-Founder Dimagi, Inc.

  2. “Recent innovations in smartphone technology make it possible to deploy a GIS-tagged bottom-to-top information system within a few weeks. With smartphones in the hands of all community health workers, drivers, facility managers and district health officials it should be possible to create a map of the epidemic in real time…Such systems have been useful in the Millennium Villages Project and the Nigeria MDG Information System ” Dhillon, Sachs, Srikrishna. “Controlling Ebola: Next Steps.” The Lancet. 8 October 2014: 1-3. Online

  3. Partnership: A Mobile Tool for Frontline Workers Goal: Create a mobile tool for Frontline Health Workers that can aide in conducting sensitization and contact tracing while collecting key information for real-time data analysis and visualization Data collection Client Records & Tracking Checklists & Protocols Client Counselling *Not implemented in this project SMS for Performance Improvement* Program Monitoring & Evaluation *not currently part of this deployment

  4. Mobile tool: Workflow support for Community Health Workers CDC safety checklist built into application GPS Capture Identifying level of risk depending on case profile

  5. Mobile tool: Workflow support for Community Health Workers Built in workflow alerts to improve communication Visual aides for Counseling Quality Control Identifying level of risk depending on case profile

  6. Mobile tool: Critical Data Collection Raw Data Business Intelligence Software Critical information can be collected and synched to servers in real time allowing for immediate access to aggregate data

  7. Mobile tool: Critical Data Collection (Continued) Business Intelligence Software  Custom dashboards for optimum UX & decision support

  8. Earth Institute Deployment in Guinea with UNFPA Contract Tracers • The Earth Institute is deploying this intervention with contact tracers paid and trained by UNFPA • The first phase is aimed to equip and deploy contact tracers with this data collection and case management tool • Starting with Conakry, Coyah, and Farraciah in mid-November, proceeding phases will aim to rapidly scale the deployment • Earth Institute aims to equip the CHWs to, depending on the progression of the epidemic, extend and broaden their case management to malaria, diarrhea, pneumonia and malnutrition

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