Epihack Sri Lanka : development of a mobile surveillance tool for dengue fever

• Main Authors: Lwin, May Oo, Sheldenkar, Anita, Panchapakesan, Chitra, Ng, Janelle Shaina, Lau, Jerrald, Jayasundar, Karthikayen, Horathalge, Kasun, Rathnayake, Vajira Sampath, Crawley, Adam W., Wimalaratne, Prasad
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; Digital Surveillance; Dengue
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87812; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49301
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: Dengue is a serious problem around the globe, with 3.9 billion people at risk of the disease. Sri Lanka has recently seen unprecedented rates of dengue with 4.3 times more cases than during the same period over the previous six years. The paper discusses the development of an integrated...