The Lagos State Ministry of Health and
the Primary Healthcare Board in collaboration with Epid Alert are set to
launch a technology that helps in disaster and disease outbreak
prevention, warning signs, response and recovery...
The technology, called the AlertClinic
is a communication and notification system designed with algorithms
around information flow and the persuasion of critical behaviours and
choices.
According to the Founder and Chief
Executive Officer of EpidAlert, Dr. Lawal Bakare, the pilot phase of the
project seeks to tackle Malaria, Lassa fever, Diarrheal Diseases and
Polio. “These four diseases stand as major threats to the disease
control systems of the Lagos State Ministry of Health, the Primary
Healthcare Board and indeed, the entire people in the state.
“AlertClinic will provide two-way
notification support to communities and households, and more
importantly, the public health institution in Lagos where the Ministry
of Health leads at the peak and the Disease Notification Officers of the
Local Government Areas at the grassroots.”
He said the promise of AlertClinic is
that the burden of Malaria, Lassa fever and Cholera (and other diarrheal
diseases) will drop in target communities, as notification will rise
for the ‘notifiable’ diseases, while the public health response time
will drop when threats are identified; leaving communities healthier and
more resilient.
He said with the launch Thursday, August
31st, AlertClinic will be experienced online and offline in Lagos
Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State. “Lagos Mainland was
selected for this phase of its roll out as the local government presents
the ecosystem for early uptake of technology innovations as well an
environment that will benefit from it.
“Lagos Mainland is the home of Nigeria’s
technology hub in Yaba, higher institutions with thousands of students
like the University of Lagos and Yaba College of Technology, a large
youth population, communities such as Makoko, Ebute Metta, military
cantonments and police barracks, health and research institutions such
as Nigeria Institute of Medical Research, the NCDC’s Central Public
Health Laboratory and most importantly the Lagos State Primary
Healthcare Board and Infectious Disease Hospital,” he said.
He said from Lagos Mainland, the project will move into other areas of the state, and subsequently the entire nation.
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