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  • Public Health Informatics
  • Epidemiology
  • Software Engineering

Background:

  • Information technologies offer new avenues for reducing infectious disease burdens.
  • Data management systems enhance disease surveillance, intervention monitoring, and program evaluation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe a novel, multi-disease data management system platform.
  • To support data entry, storage, querying, mapping, and reporting for infectious diseases.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a software platform with current capacity for dengue and malaria.
  • Ensured all software components are distributable without licensing costs.
  • Designed for user adaptability to local conditions without developer involvement.

Main Results:

  • The system supports customizable functionality, roles, user interfaces, and information trees.
  • Functionality is largely re-used across diseases, reducing costs for adding new diseases.
  • Enables production of maps and standardized/customized reports.

Conclusions:

  • The system has significant potential for aiding disease control programs in reducing dengue and malaria burdens.
  • Facilitates integrated vector management programs.
  • Future work includes operational evaluations and expanding the platform to include other vector-borne diseases.