Guinea Ebola Contact Tracing Application

CommCare was recently deployed by UNFPA in Guinea to support contact tracers to conduct sensitization and contact tracing, supported by a real-time informatics system. The CommCare application is available for free download on the CommCare Exchange. The program will be initially focusing on the regions with the highest numbers of Ebola cases, and then transitioning to reaching the whole country. Contingent upon the progression of the epidemic, the countrywide contact tracers will be trained to become CHWs and will start conducting diagnosis and treatment of malaria, diarrhea, pneumonia, and malnutrition as the epidemic subsides, with continuation of Ebola sensitization. CommCare provides real-time information that will inform local response teams and governance units on areas of need for intensified Ebola response and health systems strengthening.

http://www.unfpa.org/news/mobile-app-promises-speed-ebola-response-guinea

National implementation: Guinea

Implementation in progress from 18/12/2014

Earth Institute at Columbia University, UNFPA and Guinea’s National Coordination Unit

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Children between 5 and 12
• Children under 5
• Elderly
• New born
• Pregnant women

• Community health worker

• ebola, infectious diseases

• Ebola

• Access to information and services
• Data collection
• Decision support systems
• Diagnostic and treatment support
• Disease surveillance
• Emergency/humanitarian response
• Geographic information system
• Healthcare management
• Patient monitoring
• Treatment compliance

• Satellite
• Wired network
• Wireless network

• Computers / Servers / Tablets
• Mobile phones
• Smartphones

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This project is evaluated? Planned