Integration of Health Managementin the

SAHANAF/OSS Disaster Management System

www.sahana.lk

Dominic Königwww.nursix.org

VårdförbundetSwedish National Nurses' Associationwww.vardforbundet.se

ICN 24th Quadrennial Congress27 June – 04 July 2009 Durban, South Africa

What is SAHANA?

Historic TriggerIndian Ocean Tsunami 24 Dec 2004

● At least 226,000 dead● Up to 5 million people lost

homes, or access to food and water

● 1 million people left without a means to make a living

● At least $7.5 billion in the cost of damages

What is SAHANA?

● Emergency Information Management System (EIMS)

● A system of software applications– to collect, aggregate, exchange and represent data

● to assist you– to oversee the situation– to receive and share essential information

● to collaborate and coordinate activities● in emergency preparedness and relief

Mission● Assessing and monitoring the situation● Mitigating the trauma caused by waiting to be

found or find the next of kin● Coordinating all aid groups and helping them to

operate effectively as one● Managing the multitude of aid requests and

matching them effectively to pledges of assistance

● Tracking temporary shelters, camps, and other resources

How can technology help?

● Scalable management of information– No stacks of forms and files to manage

● Efficient distribution of information– Accessibility of information on demand

● Automatic collation and calculation– No delay for assessments and calculations

● Live situational awareness– Reports are updated live as data is entered

SAHANA Functionality Overview● Situation Awareness

– Integrated GIS Database– Map Visualization– Charts and Reports Generation

● Person Management– Person Database– Victim Tracking and Tracing– Missing Persons Registry– Victim Identification

● Aid Management– Organization Registry– Volunteer Management– Project Management

● Logistics Management– Logistics Database– Request Management– Aid Catalog

● Infrastructure Management– Shelter Management– Inventory Management

● Communications and Alerting– Multi-way Messaging System– Alerting System– Alert Aggregation

Situation Awareness● Geospatial database● Situation mapping● Automatic report generation

➔ Oversight➔ Orientation➔ Situation Analysis➔ Decision support➔ Collaboration

Victim Tracking and Identification● Person Database● Victim Registry● Missing Persons Registry

➔ Tracking locations, status and actual needs of affected people

➔ Tracking people in shelters and response operations

➔ Finding Missing Persons➔ Family Reunification➔ Management of Dead Bodies➔ Identification of Victims

Shelter Management● Shelter Registry

➔ Tracking shelter locations, resources and utilization

➔ Tracking persons in shelters➔ Activating and deploying staff➔ Monitoring health

Coordinating Aid● Logistics Database● Request Management System● Inventory Management● Catalog System

➔ Tracking of requests and helping to match pledges for support, aid and supplies

➔ Warehouse management➔ Supply chain coordination➔ Maintaining catalogs of essential

items

SAHANA Technology and Features● Free and Open Source Software (LGPL)● Multi-Platform (xAMP-based)● Internationalization / Localization● GIS● Messaging● PDA / Mobile Accessibility● Portable Application (LiveSystem)● Rapid Application Development● Web Services

SAHANA Deployment Vision

SAHANA Application Architecture

SAHANA Deployments

2005● Asian Tsunami, Sri Lanka● Kashmir Earthquake, Pakistan● Landslide disaster, Philippines

2006● Sarvodaya and Terre des Hommes

(NGOs), Sri Lanka ● Yogjakarta Earthquake, Indonesia

2007● Earthquake, Peru● Cyclone Sidr, Bangladesh● Coastal Storm Plan, New York City ● Ica Earthquake, Peru

2008● Chendu-Sitzuan Province

Earthquake, China

2009● National Disaster Management

Center & Ministry of Resettlement & Disaster Relief Services, Sri Lanka

Example: Shelter Management SystemOffice of Emergency Management, New York City

Example: Shelter Management SystemOffice of Emergency Management, New York City

● Situation Awareness● Person Tracking● Staff Management

SAHANA and Health Management?● Data Points for Risk Monitoring and Bio-Surveillance:

➔ Realtime Person Tracking and Tracing➔ Case Information Management➔ Disease Surveillance➔ Surveys and Assessment

● Management of Health Information:➔ Information Aggregation and Mashup➔ Incident/Outbreak Detection, Early Warning➔ Workflow Management➔ Alerting and Messaging➔ Public Information

● Resource Management:➔ Registration and Monitoring of Shelters and Resources➔ Project Administration and Budgeting

Current Development● Framework Components:

– Common Person Database and API– Realtime Victim Tracking and Tracing System (VITA)– Logistics Database and API

● Modules:– Survey Module– Disease Surveillance Module– Social Network Module– Aggregator Mashup Portal– CAP Aggregator– Dead Body Management Module– Victim Identification Module

SAHANA-VITAVictim Identification, Tracking and Tracing System

● Person Database● Images Database● Person Tracking and Tracing● Case Information Management● Social Network Database● Dead Body Management● Victim Identification

Disease Surveillance Module

● Automatic case classification ● Simple diagnostic guides for

rural/less resource centers (using AI technology)

● Monitoring of therapeutic response

● Cluster detection● Outbreak monitoring● Trends forecasting● Geospatial Mapping

What nurses can contribute● Fundamental research and development:

– Methods, Guidelines and Standards– Indicators, Assessment tools and Surveys– Ontologies and Interoperability Frameworks

● Requirements development:– Contents and Functionality– Integration with other systems– Accessibility and Usability– Customization and Localization

SAHANAA Global Free and Open Source Project

Freedom to use, analyze, modify and re-distributeAvailable for everybody at no costOpen for research and development

Collaboratively developed by a Global community

SAHANA Community

A global team of experts of various specialities:– Emergency Management Experts– Rescue Forces and Relief Workers– ICT Specialists and Researchers– Community Leads– Humanitarian Activists– ...

– Nurses

Global collaboration for the global public good

Thank you!

Dominic Königwww.nursix.org

dominic@nursix.org

VårdförbundetSwedish Nurses' Association

www.vardforbundet.se

SAHANAF/OSS Disaster Management System

www.sahana.lk

http://www.nursix.org/mailto:dominic@nursix.orghttp://www.vardforbundet.se/

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