Adoption of digital tools in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Region of the Americas - the Go.Data experience
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the growth of digital health tools. Although a number of different tools exist to support field data collection in the context of outbreak response, they have not been sufficient. This prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to collaborate with the...
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| author | Cristina Valencia Giovanna Jaramillo-Gutierrez Analía Rearte Paula Rosin Fernando Gassino Silvia Edith Morreale Lorena Gobern Antonio Paredes Marc Rondy Evelyn Balsells Pablo Galindo Liz Parra Oliver Mazariegos Amy Young Darlene Bhavnani Aaron Miri Daniel Iken Emily James Angel Rodriguez |
| author_facet | Cristina Valencia Giovanna Jaramillo-Gutierrez Analía Rearte Paula Rosin Fernando Gassino Silvia Edith Morreale Lorena Gobern Antonio Paredes Marc Rondy Evelyn Balsells Pablo Galindo Liz Parra Oliver Mazariegos Amy Young Darlene Bhavnani Aaron Miri Daniel Iken Emily James Angel Rodriguez |
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| description | Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the growth of digital health tools. Although a number of different tools exist to support field data collection in the context of outbreak response, they have not been sufficient. This prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to collaborate with the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) and GOARN partners to develop a comprehensive system, Go.Data. Go.Data, a digital tool for outbreak response has simplified how countries operationalize and monitor case and contact data. Since the start of the pandemic, WHO and GOARN partners have provided support to Go.Data projects in 65 countries and territories, yet the demand by countries to have documented success cases of Go.Data implementations continues to grow. This viewpoint documents the successful Go.Data implementation frameworks in two countries, Argentina and Guatemala and an academic institution, the University of Texas at Austin. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ee442d2367a24ff3a79f93e6e79e19fb2022-12-22T04:30:00ZengElsevierThe Lancet Regional Health. Americas2667-193X2022-12-0116100377Adoption of digital tools in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Region of the Americas - the Go.Data experienceCristina Valencia0Giovanna Jaramillo-Gutierrez1Analía Rearte2Paula Rosin3Fernando Gassino4Silvia Edith Morreale5Lorena Gobern6Antonio Paredes7Marc Rondy8Evelyn Balsells9Pablo Galindo10Liz Parra11Oliver Mazariegos12Amy Young13Darlene Bhavnani14Aaron Miri15Daniel Iken16Emily James17Angel Rodriguez18Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City, USA; Corresponding author.Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), Geneva, Switzerland; European Programme of Interventional Epidemiology Training Alumni Network, EAN, Brussels, BelgiumDepartment of Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Buenos Aires, Argentina; National University of Mar del Plata, Medicine School, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaDepartment of Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaDepartment of Information Systems, Ministry of Health, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Department of Health Emergencies, Pan American Health Organization, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaDepartment of Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Guatemala City, GuatemalaDepartment of Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Guatemala City, GuatemalaDepartment of Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Guatemala City, GuatemalaImmunization Unit, Pan American Health Organization, Guatemala City, GuatemalaImmunization Unit, Pan American Health Organization, Guatemala City, Guatemala; Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomDepartment of Health Emergencies, Pan American Health Organization, Guatemala City, GuatemalaDepartment of Health Emergencies, Pan American Health Organization, Guatemala City, GuatemalaDepartment of Health Emergencies, Pan American Health Organization, Guatemala City, GuatemalaThe Dell Medical School at University of Texas at Austin, UT Health Austin, Austin, USAThe Dell Medical School at University of Texas at Austin, UT Health Austin, Austin, USAThe Dell Medical School at University of Texas at Austin, UT Health Austin, Austin, USAThe Dell Medical School at University of Texas at Austin, UT Health Austin, Austin, USAThe Dell Medical School at University of Texas at Austin, UT Health Austin, Austin, USADepartment of Health Emergencies, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, United States of AmericaSummary: The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the growth of digital health tools. Although a number of different tools exist to support field data collection in the context of outbreak response, they have not been sufficient. This prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to collaborate with the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) and GOARN partners to develop a comprehensive system, Go.Data. Go.Data, a digital tool for outbreak response has simplified how countries operationalize and monitor case and contact data. Since the start of the pandemic, WHO and GOARN partners have provided support to Go.Data projects in 65 countries and territories, yet the demand by countries to have documented success cases of Go.Data implementations continues to grow. This viewpoint documents the successful Go.Data implementation frameworks in two countries, Argentina and Guatemala and an academic institution, the University of Texas at Austin.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667193X22001946Region of the AmericasDigital healthCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2SurveillainceOutbreak response |
| spellingShingle | Cristina Valencia Giovanna Jaramillo-Gutierrez Analía Rearte Paula Rosin Fernando Gassino Silvia Edith Morreale Lorena Gobern Antonio Paredes Marc Rondy Evelyn Balsells Pablo Galindo Liz Parra Oliver Mazariegos Amy Young Darlene Bhavnani Aaron Miri Daniel Iken Emily James Angel Rodriguez Adoption of digital tools in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Region of the Americas - the Go.Data experience The Lancet Regional Health. Americas Region of the Americas Digital health COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Surveillaince Outbreak response |
| title | Adoption of digital tools in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Region of the Americas - the Go.Data experience |
| title_full | Adoption of digital tools in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Region of the Americas - the Go.Data experience |
| title_fullStr | Adoption of digital tools in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Region of the Americas - the Go.Data experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adoption of digital tools in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Region of the Americas - the Go.Data experience |
| title_short | Adoption of digital tools in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Region of the Americas - the Go.Data experience |
| title_sort | adoption of digital tools in the context of the covid 19 pandemic in the region of the americas the go data experience |
| topic | Region of the Americas Digital health COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Surveillaince Outbreak response |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667193X22001946 |
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