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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
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What is SAHANA?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Situation Awareness● Geospatial database● Situation mapping●
Automatic report generation
➔ Oversight➔ Orientation➔ Situation Analysis➔ Decision support➔
Collaboration
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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
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Shelter Management● Shelter Registry
➔ Tracking shelter locations, resources and utilization
➔ Tracking persons in shelters➔ Activating and deploying staff➔
Monitoring health
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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
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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
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SAHANA Deployment Vision
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SAHANA Application Architecture
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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
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Example: Shelter Management SystemOffice of Emergency
Management, New York City
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Example: Shelter Management SystemOffice of Emergency
Management, New York City
● Situation Awareness● Person Tracking● Staff Management
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Thank you!
Dominic Königwww.nursix.org
[email protected]
VårdförbundetSwedish Nurses' Association
www.vardforbundet.se
SAHANAF/OSS Disaster Management System
www.sahana.lk
http://www.nursix.org/mailto:[email protected]://www.vardforbundet.se/
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