Novel Approach to Support Rapid Data Collection, Management, and Visualization During the COVID-19 Outbreak Response in the World Health Organization African Region: Development of a Data Summarization and Visualization Tool.

Kamran Ahmed Muhammad Arish Bukhari Tamayi Mlanda Jean Paul Kimenyi Polly Wallace Charles Okot Lukoya Esther L Hamblion Benido Impouma

Published in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2020)

We developed a rapidly deployable tool for COVID-19 data collection and visualization in the WHO African Region. The lessons drawn on this experience offer an opportunity to learn and apply these to improve future similar public health informatics initiatives in an outbreak or similar humanitarian setting, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
public health
big data
coronavirus disease
data analysis
quantum dots
deep learning
loop mediated isothermal amplification