ArticleBMC medical informatics and decision making2019
Epihack Sri Lanka: development of a mobile surveillance tool for dengue fever.
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- Using a digital health tool to strengthen community engagement in arboviral disease prevention: an implementation study in Colombia.BMC public health · 2026Trial
- Dengue fever in Bangladesh: rising trends, contributing factors, and public health implications.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2025Review
- Leveraging geographic information system for dengue surveillance: a scoping review.Tropical medicine and health · 2025Review
- Lesionia: a digital data management system to enhance collaborative management of epidemiological and clinical data of cutaneous leishmaniases patients.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- Use of Digital Tools in Arbovirus Surveillance: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- EpiHacks, a Process for Technologists and Health Experts to Cocreate Optimal Solutions for Disease Prevention and Control: User-Centered Design Approach.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
- Interdisciplinary Online Hackathons as an Approach to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundDengue 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 health systems framework, aided by mobile technology, to combat and contain dengue via a health hackathon in Sri Lanka.
resultsThe framework addresses the key functions of surveillance, health communication and civic engagement through innovations including digitisation of hospital forms; digital aid to Public Health Inspectors (PHIs); data consolidation and analytics; education for construction workers, GPs, and schools; and educating the general public.
conclusionsWe present the impact of the disease burden in tropical countries, such as Sri Lanka, current technological solutions, and the process of developing the mobile application modules developed via the health hackathon.
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