GSID System for Infectious Disease Surveillance
Details of the organization
Name *
Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases (GSID)
Country *
United States of America
Website (URL)
http://gsid.org/index.html
Type *
Civil society entities
Information about the project
Project title *
GSID System for Infectious Disease Surveillance
Description *
GSID has developed a mobile health system to read, digitize, and transmit point of care (POC) diagnostic results for important infectious diseases. Health care workers will be able to confirm a rapid and accurate diagnosis for their patients, and public health officials have access to real-time, aggregated results and analysis via a secure, cloud-based database. Working with the University of Washington (Seattle, USA) and Dimagi (Boston, USA), GSID developed open-source software for Android-based smartphones to capture the results of many different POC tests and report them immediately via wireless technology. A successful proof of concept study was completed in Zimbabwe in 2013. http://gsid.org/our_programs_surveillance_proof_of_concept_study.html
Project website
http://gsid.org/our_programs_surveillance_gsid_system_overview.html
Geographical coverage *
Local implementation: Zimbabwe, Manicaland Province
Status *
Fully implemented and active
from 01/01/2013
Partners
Dimagi, Inc.; Open Data Kit (ODK), University of Washington; Zimbabwe Ministry of Health and Child Care Econet Wireless Zimbabwe
eHealth information
Target beneficiary groups *
Adolescent
Adult
Children between 5 and 12
Children under 5
Elderly
New born
Pregnant women
Target user groups *
Community health worker
Health topics addressed *
HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases
Diseases addressed *
Hepatitis
HIV/AIDS
Malaria
HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases
eHealth applications *
Access to information and services
Data collection
Diagnostic and treatment support
Disease surveillance
Healthcare management
Patient monitoring
ICT infrastructure *
Satellite
Wired network
Wireless network
Equipment and devices *
Computers / Servers / Tablets
Medical special devices
Standards
None
Programme evaluation *
This project is evaluated?
Planned