Platform Solutions
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Wastewater Surveillance
Wastewater-based surveillance, highlighted during the COVID pandemic, proves effective in tracking SARS-CoV-2 spread. Detecting the virus in feces before blood, & monitoring sewage....MORE FEATURE
Wastewater Surveillance
Wastewater-based surveillance, highlighted during the COVID pandemic, proves effective in tracking SARS-CoV-2 spread. Detecting the virus in feces before blood, and monitoring sewage offers early citywide infection alerts and viral load trends. Local governments utilize this data for strategic health measures, enhancing resource allocation. Wastewater-based epidemiology serves all toilet users, even in slums or high-rise apartments. It offers accurate insights compared to individual testing, aiding government decisions on containment, masks, and vaccines. It's viable in open drains in developing cities. The Precision Health Platform expanded wastewater surveillance beyond COVID-19 to address antimicrobial resistance and other pathogens, like Influenza (A and B), Hepatitis (A and E) and Mpox. The platform has conducted wastewater surveillance in five cities across India. The Platform's decentralized system and user-friendly dashboards provide real-time outbreak warnings, and public access to this data through social media and workshops enables local authorities to act swiftly.
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Event-based Surveillance
The in-house developed Event-BasedSurveillance (EBS) Tool is an automated system to collect and document the most currentinformation concerning infectious diseasesand climate-related...MORE FEATURE
Event-based Surveillance
The in-house developed Event-Based Surveillance (EBS) Tool is an automated system to collect and document the most current information concerning infectious diseases and climate-related health risks from a wide range of media sources. It creates a comprehensive repository of articles, filtering and analyzing data meticulously to eliminate redundancy and information overload.Therefore, it helps us identify emerging health crises, and empowers proactive public health decision-making. It offers real-time, precise insights into climate-related health events and outbreaks, benefiting public health organizations, policymakers, and researchers. The tool provides cross-sectoral insights, user-driven queries, and the potential for early warning systems. Its user-friendly Streamlit interface ensures easy access to vital information. The EBS Tool combines data, technology, and human insight, keeping us well-informed about evolving health crises and helping to safeguard communities.
Geographical Information System
GIS-based mapping allows for real-timedecision-making capabilities through publicly accessible dashboards for cities. GIS aids inassessing the effectiveness of wastewatersurveillance strategies....MORE FEATURE
Geographical Information System
GIS-based mapping allows for real-time decision-making capabilities through publicly accessible dashboards for cities. GIS aids in assessing the effectiveness of wastewater surveillance strategies and ensuring prioritization of vulnerable populations for any on-ground intervention. Identifying areas vulnerable to public health crises ( like #COVID19) is achieved using GIS with street networks and land use data. Currently, GIS is mapping vulnerabilities related to climatic events (flood, drought, heat, cold waves) to guide localized actions and prevent adverse health outcomes on vulnerable populations. The TerriaJS open-source dashboard, developed in JavaScript, illustrates wastewater surveillance components, including natural drainage, STP catchment, and sample collection points measuring viral load and sample positivity. Supplementary layers like neighborhood categorization, drainage configuration, and sewer drains are integrated into the dashboard for enhanced user comprehension and analysis.
Participatory Surveillance
Epidemics often start quietly in smallcommunities before growing into bigger public health problems. Without knowledge and awareness of early outbreak detection, cases rapidly....MORE FEATURE
Participatory Surveillance
Epidemics often start quietly in small communities before growing into bigger public health problems. Without knowledge and awareness of early outbreak detection, cases rapidly increase. Community-based surveillance is a proactive approach geared toward the early detection of infectious diseases, vector-borne illnesses, diarrheal diseases, heat and cold-related health issues, and other disease incidents within a given community. This system leverages community intelligence, continuously monitoring its health status and keeping an eye out for any trends that imply disease outbreaks using its state-of-the-art algorithms. We are committed to ethically sound data collection, collecting anonymous real-time data from the community on disease symptoms while respecting privacy. By combining facts from other data sources with what people in the community say, community-based surveillance helps us gain a holistic picture of the health of vulnerable communities.