TECHNOLOGY TALK Open Bio-Surveillance Change Fusion, Opendream and Thai Health Promotion Foundation Information and Communication Technology Forum Mukdahan, Thailand

Change Fusion Cyber-health, Thai Health Promotion Expand Thailand's social and knowledge space through the Internet. 1) Creating creative digital environment for the new generation. 2) Building social sector capacity to use ICT innovatively.

Unit of measure *Footnote Source:Sources Message Collaborative filtering / Intelligence Policy / Action Decentralized KEY STRATEGY Mapping players, identify incentives. Network development (capacity building & interconnections) Result-based initiatives investment (balancing structure & innovation) Information integration platform SOLUTION: Open Bio-Surveillance Network Reports Centralized Ministry of public health (MOPH) Other parts of GOV Rural media reps Citizen journalists + Bloggers Com- munity radio & media Related NGOs, academia, and social groups (HIV, migrant, health, volunteers, etc..) Biz & Social enter- prises

Kick off Open Bio-Surviellance for Thailand GeoChat in Mukdahan - Be introduced by our partner InSTEDD - Mukdahan is one of cross border point be connected to Laos, Vietnam - Mukdahan Public Health Office has been developed ICT schema for Bio-Surviellance

GeoChat Workshop in Mukdahan Date 12nd - 13rd March 2009 The objectives 1. To develop a model for disease surveillance rapid reporting through SMS. 2. To build the volunteer team for disease surveillance rapid reporting in Mukdahan as a pilot area. 3. To perform feasibility study of IT disease surveillance report system and the way to improve report system for initial the model of bio surveillance report system in country level and regional level;

GeoChat Workshop in Mukdahan Participants 50 people; 1. Volunteer team from Mukdahan Public Health Office 2. ICT Team of MBDS, Mukdahan 3. Change Fusion /Thai Health Promotion Foundation, Technology team 4. InSTEDD team

GeoChat Workshop in Mukdahan Activities 1.To present currently system for collect diseases information in MBDS Mukdahan and Savarnakhet. 2.To present the work flow of implementation during outbreak 3.To introduce and hands-on the GeoChat 4.Field exercise on GeoChat 5.Summary out come of field exercise 6.Develop the action plan for next 6 months

GeoChat Workshop in Mukdahan Outcomes 1. Mukhahan had a volunteer team to report and exchange information via SMS, 2. 6 months action plan of field volunteer team and keys of evaluation, 3.The model of utilize of field work base on Surveillance Rapid Respond Team (SMS volunteer team), 4. Success to set SMS local gateway for service the local group, 5. Collect the comments of using GeoChat in a field;

GeoChat Workshop in Mukdahan Feedback Report

GeoChat Workshop in Mukdahan Feedback Report

GeoChat Workshop in Mukdahan Lessons learned and future direction 1. GeoChat has to have the local support unit for implement in each country or regional for convenient to the user groups such as MBDS. 2. GeoChat have to do more field test for ensure of utilization in the region. 3. In the pilot stage have to select the active local users for test and put the comments for the system such as Mukdahan and Savarnakhet. 4. Connect the SMS report to the exist databases and ICT system of MBDS in the future. 5. Add more steak holder for report i.e. local media, citizen journalists;

GeoChat Workshop in Mukdahan Standardised SMS format. Standardised SMS format to fit 140 characters for English and 70 characters for complex languages (Thai, Chinese, Lao, Khmer, Burmese etc.)

GeoChat Workshop in Mukdahan Standardised SMS format. Reduce complexity of characters input on mobile devices. Ease of message aggregation and categorisation. Same standard, same format across teams, areas, borders.

Standardised SMS format. Disease Code*Sex*DOB*Lat*Long*P-Code*Incident date*Free Text [Optional] characters for header data. 105 characters for Free Text. but 35 characters Free Text available for complex languages.

Standardised SMS format. Example: 002*2*04.03*0*0* * * 中文 *2*04.03*0*0* * *English... Disease Code*Sex*DOB*Lat*Long*P-Code*Incident date*Free Text

GeoChat Workshop in Mukdahan Diseases to be reported. Cholera DHF, DF, DSS Hand Foot Mouth Food poisoning Chicken Pox Measles

MBDS Disease Data Visualisation. Visualising Data. Simplify a bunch of complex data into a simple image. Get a big picture at a glance. Analytical information.

MBDS Disease Data Visualisation.

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GeoChat : Comment Difficult to type Thai SMS on mobile phone. Difficult to send location (Lat, Long) in GeoChat’s command format. Delay respond messages around 30 Mins. Server is slow Cost Group information management

GeoChat : Propose Send messages as internal code Collaborate with existed system. Develop mobile applications for send information

GeoChat : SMS Groups Communication SRRT1 SRRT2 Center Current system SMS gateway

GeoChat : SMS Groups Communication SRRT1 SRRT2 Center Groups management communication send - receive only SRRT1 SMS gateway

GeoChat : SMS Groups Communication SRRT1 SRRT2 Center Groups management communication send - receive only SRRT 2 SMS gateway