Lack of accurate mechanisms
A key problem in the fight against dengue is the lack of accurate mechanisms to track the spread and impact of dengue. Timely and accurate surveillance is critical to identifying areas where dengue transmission is ongoing or likely to occur so that interventions such as vaccination and vector eradication can be more effective. The Dengue eBarometer is a powerful answer.
Advances in digital technology
Advances in digital technology have led Break Dengue to lead the development of the Dengue eBarometer, a tool that leaps past the limitations of traditional epidemiological surveillance methodology. In the past, the only way to get information was through officially sources which lags behind the spread of a dengue outbreak while also underreporting its extent.
Become a partner
Do you feel inspired by this endeavour? Do you want to join the fight against dengue? The Break Dengue Alliance is seeking additional partners essential to making the dengue surveillance tool fully operational. New members of the alliance will join the existing partners to support in areas such as:
- Identifying, collecting, cleaning, and integrating data sources to track the burden of dengue in near real time (e.g. Twitter and other social media, epidemiological sources, weather trends, etc.).
- Providing funding or other resources to help build the tool.
- Developing a user interface for displaying dengue predictions on a geo-localized map and providing information in a way easily accessible to users.
- In the long term, integrating a mechanism to display likely mosquito population locations and migration patterns.
- Providing grant writing expertise and assistance.