Digital Disease Detection in the Mekong Basin Region

Supported by:

Partners:

MINISTRIES OF HEALTH IN CAMBODIA, VIETNAM, LAOS, & MYANMAR

Period:

2015-2019

Location:

Countries: Cambodia & Mekong Basin Region

Summary

To improve the Mekong Basin Region’s ability to track and respond to outbreaks, we helped launch tools such as a free to the public hotline for disease reporting.

Countries within the Mekong Basin region face serious health challenges with the convergence of factors such as the emergence of new infectious agents, increased globalization, climate change and growing urbanization. To effectively respond to these challenges and prevent the spread of communicable diseases, InSTEDD iLab SEA has been working work closely with the Ministries of Health (MoHs) of Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia, as part of this project, to refine and pilot four of the digital disease detection solutions that were identified through the EpiHacks. While developing these solutions, the iLab will expand its existing tool functionalities and innovate new tools, which will further contribute to the strengthening of digital disease detection and participatory surveillance as they become available open source.

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Announcement

InSTEDD would like to express our sincere appreciation to all of our partners for the years of exceptional collaboration with the InSTEDD iLab Southeast Asia and for your contribution to its success in providing important solutions for social good.

Our original vision when we established the iLabSEA was that it would ultimately become a separate entity, locally owned and operated, in a model that provides social benefit and fits within the local economy. After 13 years of service to our local community, we are thrilled to announce that InSTEDD has closed our iLabSEA and the team from the LabSEA has now established an independent social enterprise organization, Kawsang.

We are confident that Kawsang will continue to provide the excellent service that has become their leadership team’s standard.

We are excited to have you join us in celebrating the success of realizing our vision for the iLabSEA and we very much appreciate your participation in this success and continued collaboration with Kawsang.