Mobile phonebased syndromic surveillance system for early detection
Mobile phone-based syndromic surveillance system for early detection and control of livestock diseases Bernard Bett 1, Benson Long’or 2, Absolomon Kihara 2 1. International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi Kenya 2. Directorate of Veterinary Services, Lodwar, Kenya 3. Badili Innovations Limited, Nairobi, Kenya
Introduction • Delivery of animal health services constrained by technical and institutional barriers • Exploiting existing technologies – smart phone, internet etc. to: o o o bridge existing gaps on service delivery engage multiple actors – private sector reduce turn-around time between data analysis and response • Mobile phone-based syndromic surveillance system introduced in northern Kenya (Figure 1) Figure 1. Map of Kenya highlighting counties involved in the study
Activities conducted Agro-veterinary shops National DVS Abattoirs County DVS • Types of drugs sold • Reported syndromes Livestock markets Sub-county Vet Department • No. slaughtered/day • Ante-mortem/PM lesions ¶sites Community Disease Reporter Livestock owner • Syndromes • Disease outbreaks • Movement patterns • Syndromes/rumours • Disease outbreaks Figure 2. Locations of trained CDRs
Surveillance data
On-going activities • More work to integrate the system with the national surveillance system managed by the Directorate of Veterinary Services • Offer more trainings to epidemiologists on data management/analysis and triangulation of information • Pilot incentives that promote reporting by the private sector actors, e. g. an automated system for capturing drugs sold • Policy dialogue on financing and utilization of the system in disease control
Acknowledgements • Directorate of Veterinary Services • County Directors of Veterinary Services • CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health led by IFPRI • Accelerated Value Chain Development project (AVCD), funded by Ft. F, USAID
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