TY - JOUR
AU - Valencia, Cristina
AU - Jaramillo-Gutierrez, Giovanna
AU - Rearte, Analía
AU - Rosin, Paula
AU - Gassino, Fernando
AU - Morreale, Silvia Edith
AU - Gobern, Lorena
AU - Paredes, Antonio
AU - Rondy, Marc
AU - Balsells, Evelyn
AU - Galindo, Pablo
AU - Parra, Liz
AU - Mazariegos, Oliver
AU - Young, Amy
AU - Bhavnani, Darlene
AU - Miri, Aaron
AU - Iken, Daniel
AU - James, Emily
AU - Rodriguez, Angel
PY - 2022
DA - October
TI - Adoption of digital tools in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Region of the Americas - the Go.Data experience
JO - The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
VL - 16
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100377
AB - 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.
PB - Elsevier
UR - https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/c7ee0d09-5f70-479c-b191-e56818102e2e
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
KW - Digital health and technology
ER