BY EMEKA AGINAM
To achieve the expected results in the fight against Ebola Virus Disease , (EVD) spreading like wild fire globally, the Africa Emergency Technology Response Forum (AETRF), called for more concerted efforts to bring robust technological responses to the crisis.
AETRF is an informal network of African technology professionals engaged in Ebola response on the continent and in the Diaspora has said.
This is even as the World Health Organization has said that EVD has continued to evolve in alarming ways, with the severely affected countries struggling to control the escalating outbreak.
The immediate past President of Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, (ISPON), Chris Uwaje in a statement to Vanguard said that AETRF believes that the expertise of technology professionals, practitioners and volunteers could be more effectively harnessed to curtail the monster virus.
The Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak cannot be effectively controlled, according to the group without the critical inclusion, deployment, application and use of Information Technology infrastructure, tools and enabling resources.
“While we commend the constructive interventions already in place, we recognize that more needs to be done” the group said.
To fight the virus to the barest minimum, the techies called on all African Heads of State and governments to endorse and approve the following recommendations:
*Increase the political commitment to stop the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak by immediately designating a technology leader on the National task force to coordinate the government’s technology initiatives in response to the Ebola outbreak.
This leader should have the government’s full mandate to leverage government resources, private sector or NGO efforts in fulfilling any relevant Ebola response communications, data gathering, contact mapping and analysis of efforts;
*Encourage all African countries to establish a “National Data Center” to host the “National Call Center for Ebola.”
*Encourage all African countries to establish a “National Health Emergencies News & Information Radio Station” that compiles, vets and disseminates accurate health information including preventative measures related to hygiene, health education and emergency information.
In addition to the radio station, the techies recommend the use of all available communications platforms including and not limited to television, SMS messaging and social media.
These healthcare communications, according to the techies should be available in local languages and should address all diseases that impact the lives of Africans including Ebola, Cholera and Malaria.
“With these recommendations, we wish to reaffirm our commitment to global efforts to halt the spread of the Ebola virus on the African continent” the techies added.
-Culled from : http://www.vanguardngr.com
EVD: African techies call for more robust technology based response
BY EMEKA AGINAM
To achieve the expected results in the fight against Ebola Virus Disease , (EVD) spreading like wild fire globally, the Africa Emergency Technology Response Forum (AETRF), called for more concerted efforts to bring robust technological responses to the crisis.
AETRF is an informal network of African technology professionals engaged in Ebola response on the continent and in the Diaspora has said.
This is even as the World Health Organization has said that EVD has continued to evolve in alarming ways, with the severely affected countries struggling to control the escalating outbreak.
The immediate past President of Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, (ISPON), Chris Uwaje in a statement to Vanguard said that AETRF believes that the expertise of technology professionals, practitioners and volunteers could be more effectively harnessed to curtail the monster virus.
The Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak cannot be effectively controlled, according to the group without the critical inclusion, deployment, application and use of Information Technology infrastructure, tools and enabling resources.
“While we commend the constructive interventions already in place, we recognize that more needs to be done” the group said.
To fight the virus to the barest minimum, the techies called on all African Heads of State and governments to endorse and approve the following recommendations:
*Increase the political commitment to stop the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak by immediately designating a technology leader on the National task force to coordinate the government’s technology initiatives in response to the Ebola outbreak.
This leader should have the government’s full mandate to leverage government resources, private sector or NGO efforts in fulfilling any relevant Ebola response communications, data gathering, contact mapping and analysis of efforts;
*Encourage all African countries to establish a “National Data Center” to host the “National Call Center for Ebola.”
*Encourage all African countries to establish a “National Health Emergencies News & Information Radio Station” that compiles, vets and disseminates accurate health information including preventative measures related to hygiene, health education and emergency information.
In addition to the radio station, the techies recommend the use of all available communications platforms including and not limited to television, SMS messaging and social media.
These healthcare communications, according to the techies should be available in local languages and should address all diseases that impact the lives of Africans including Ebola, Cholera and Malaria.
“With these recommendations, we wish to reaffirm our commitment to global efforts to halt the spread of the Ebola virus on the African continent” the techies added.
To achieve the expected results in the fight against Ebola Virus Disease , (EVD) spreading like wild fire globally, the Africa Emergency Technology Response Forum (AETRF), called for more concerted efforts to bring robust technological responses to the crisis.
AETRF is an informal network of African technology professionals engaged in Ebola response on the continent and in the Diaspora has said.
This is even as the World Health Organization has said that EVD has continued to evolve in alarming ways, with the severely affected countries struggling to control the escalating outbreak.
The immediate past President of Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, (ISPON), Chris Uwaje in a statement to Vanguard said that AETRF believes that the expertise of technology professionals, practitioners and volunteers could be more effectively harnessed to curtail the monster virus.
The Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak cannot be effectively controlled, according to the group without the critical inclusion, deployment, application and use of Information Technology infrastructure, tools and enabling resources.
“While we commend the constructive interventions already in place, we recognize that more needs to be done” the group said.
To fight the virus to the barest minimum, the techies called on all African Heads of State and governments to endorse and approve the following recommendations:
*Increase the political commitment to stop the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak by immediately designating a technology leader on the National task force to coordinate the government’s technology initiatives in response to the Ebola outbreak.
This leader should have the government’s full mandate to leverage government resources, private sector or NGO efforts in fulfilling any relevant Ebola response communications, data gathering, contact mapping and analysis of efforts;
*Encourage all African countries to establish a “National Data Center” to host the “National Call Center for Ebola.”
*Encourage all African countries to establish a “National Health Emergencies News & Information Radio Station” that compiles, vets and disseminates accurate health information including preventative measures related to hygiene, health education and emergency information.
In addition to the radio station, the techies recommend the use of all available communications platforms including and not limited to television, SMS messaging and social media.
These healthcare communications, according to the techies should be available in local languages and should address all diseases that impact the lives of Africans including Ebola, Cholera and Malaria.
“With these recommendations, we wish to reaffirm our commitment to global efforts to halt the spread of the Ebola virus on the African continent” the techies added.
EVD: African techies call for more robust technology based response
BY EMEKA AGINAM
To achieve the expected results in the fight against Ebola Virus Disease , (EVD) spreading like wild fire globally, the Africa Emergency Technology Response Forum (AETRF), called for more concerted efforts to bring robust technological responses to the crisis.
AETRF is an informal network of African technology professionals engaged in Ebola response on the continent and in the Diaspora has said.
This is even as the World Health Organization has said that EVD has continued to evolve in alarming ways, with the severely affected countries struggling to control the escalating outbreak.
The immediate past President of Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, (ISPON), Chris Uwaje in a statement to Vanguard said that AETRF believes that the expertise of technology professionals, practitioners and volunteers could be more effectively harnessed to curtail the monster virus.
The Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak cannot be effectively controlled, according to the group without the critical inclusion, deployment, application and use of Information Technology infrastructure, tools and enabling resources.
“While we commend the constructive interventions already in place, we recognize that more needs to be done” the group said.
To fight the virus to the barest minimum, the techies called on all African Heads of State and governments to endorse and approve the following recommendations:
*Increase the political commitment to stop the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak by immediately designating a technology leader on the National task force to coordinate the government’s technology initiatives in response to the Ebola outbreak.
This leader should have the government’s full mandate to leverage government resources, private sector or NGO efforts in fulfilling any relevant Ebola response communications, data gathering, contact mapping and analysis of efforts;
*Encourage all African countries to establish a “National Data Center” to host the “National Call Center for Ebola.”
*Encourage all African countries to establish a “National Health Emergencies News & Information Radio Station” that compiles, vets and disseminates accurate health information including preventative measures related to hygiene, health education and emergency information.
In addition to the radio station, the techies recommend the use of all available communications platforms including and not limited to television, SMS messaging and social media.
These healthcare communications, according to the techies should be available in local languages and should address all diseases that impact the lives of Africans including Ebola, Cholera and Malaria.
“With these recommendations, we wish to reaffirm our commitment to global efforts to halt the spread of the Ebola virus on the African continent” the techies added.
To achieve the expected results in the fight against Ebola Virus Disease , (EVD) spreading like wild fire globally, the Africa Emergency Technology Response Forum (AETRF), called for more concerted efforts to bring robust technological responses to the crisis.
AETRF is an informal network of African technology professionals engaged in Ebola response on the continent and in the Diaspora has said.
This is even as the World Health Organization has said that EVD has continued to evolve in alarming ways, with the severely affected countries struggling to control the escalating outbreak.
The immediate past President of Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, (ISPON), Chris Uwaje in a statement to Vanguard said that AETRF believes that the expertise of technology professionals, practitioners and volunteers could be more effectively harnessed to curtail the monster virus.
The Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak cannot be effectively controlled, according to the group without the critical inclusion, deployment, application and use of Information Technology infrastructure, tools and enabling resources.
“While we commend the constructive interventions already in place, we recognize that more needs to be done” the group said.
To fight the virus to the barest minimum, the techies called on all African Heads of State and governments to endorse and approve the following recommendations:
*Increase the political commitment to stop the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak by immediately designating a technology leader on the National task force to coordinate the government’s technology initiatives in response to the Ebola outbreak.
This leader should have the government’s full mandate to leverage government resources, private sector or NGO efforts in fulfilling any relevant Ebola response communications, data gathering, contact mapping and analysis of efforts;
*Encourage all African countries to establish a “National Data Center” to host the “National Call Center for Ebola.”
*Encourage all African countries to establish a “National Health Emergencies News & Information Radio Station” that compiles, vets and disseminates accurate health information including preventative measures related to hygiene, health education and emergency information.
In addition to the radio station, the techies recommend the use of all available communications platforms including and not limited to television, SMS messaging and social media.
These healthcare communications, according to the techies should be available in local languages and should address all diseases that impact the lives of Africans including Ebola, Cholera and Malaria.
“With these recommendations, we wish to reaffirm our commitment to global efforts to halt the spread of the Ebola virus on the African continent” the techies added.
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