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Mobile Contact Tracing and Case Management for CHWs

Jonathan Jackson

CEO, Co-Founder

Dimagi, Inc.

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“Recent innovations in smartphone technology make it possible to deploy a GIS-tagged bottom-to-top information system within a few weeks. With

smartphones in the hands of all community health workers, drivers, facility managers and district health officials it should be possible to create a map of the

epidemic in real time…Such systems have been useful in the Millennium Villages Project and the Nigeria MDG

Information System ”

Dhillon, Sachs, Srikrishna. “Controlling Ebola: Next Steps.” The Lancet. 8 October 2014: 1-3. Online

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Partnership: A Mobile Tool for Frontline Workers

Goal: Create a mobile tool for Frontline Health Workers that can aide

in conducting sensitization and

contact tracing while collecting key

information for real-time data analysis and

visualization*Not implemented in this project

Checklists & Protocols

Data collection

Program Monitoring & Evaluation

Client Counselling

Client Records & Tracking

SMS for Performance Improvement*

*not currently part of this deployment

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Mobile tool: Workflow support for Community Health Workers

CDC safety checklist built into application

Identifying level of risk depending on case profile

GPS Capture

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Mobile tool: Workflow support for Community Health Workers

Built in workflow alerts to improve communication

Identifying level of risk depending on case profile

Visual aides for Counseling Quality Control

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Mobile tool: Critical Data Collection

Raw Data Business Intelligence SoftwareCritical information can be collected and synched to servers in real time allowing for immediate access to aggregate data

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Mobile tool: Critical Data Collection (Continued)

Business Intelligence Software Custom dashboards for optimum UX & decision support

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Earth Institute Deployment in Guinea with UNFPA Contract Tracers

• The Earth Institute is deploying this intervention with contact tracers paid and trained by UNFPA

• The first phase is aimed to equip and deploy contact tracers with this data collection and case management tool

• Starting with Conakry, Coyah, and Farraciah in mid-November, proceeding phases will aim to rapidly scale the deployment

• Earth Institute aims to equip the CHWs to, depending on the progression of the epidemic, extend and broaden their case management to malaria, diarrhea, pneumonia and malnutrition