Digital Platform and Social Participation Campaign to Improve Public Health Respons

黄热病优先监控

Urban expansion in São José dos Pinhais has influenced wildlife habitat, exposing both humans and animals to the risk of infectious diseases. In recent years, there was a bulge in the number of yellow fever cases. To prevent an outbreak of an epidemic, the municipal government of São José dos Pinhais launched a public health campaign using SISS-Geo, a mobile application designed by  the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - Fiocruz. SISS-Geo allows its users to record georeferenced information in real time on dead or alive, healthy or sick animals, vestiges and environmental impacts. By integrating citizens with National Health Surveillance Program, SISS-Geo enhances the public health ministry’s competence to monitor yellow fever outbreaks, other emerging zoonoses and environmental conditions.

圣若泽杜斯皮尼艾斯市的城市扩张侵占了野生动物栖息地并与之相互影响，使人类和动物都暴露于疾病风险之中。近年来黄热病病例量有所激增。为了防止圣若泽杜斯皮尼艾斯市爆发疫情，市政府执行了一项基于巴西政府设计的移动应用程序SISS-Geo的公共卫生运动。SISS-Geo让任何手机用户都可向市政卫生部门登记并地理定位所发现的动物尸体或潜在受污染地区。这个应用程序把普通老百姓变成了公共卫生观察员，帮助公共卫生部门扩大其监察环境状况的能力。

 The integration of local actions carried out by the Zoonoses Surveillance Unit of São José dos Pinhais, together with Health Departament of The State of Paraná and General Coordination of Arbovirusis from the Brazilian Ministry of Healyh allowed the identification and design of viral transmissioncorridors and priority areas of vaccination. The local campaign has proven that using the SISS-Geo Platform for monitoring non-human primate health in real-time is beneficial. On the one hand, it gives public health officials up to two months’ advance notice of an outbreak, time enough to vaccinate thousands of people. On the other hand, it allows time to develop animal protection initiatives that help protect wildlife.

公共卫生部门收集的数据用于识别和预测潜在的病毒暴发，从而为疫苗接种运动的开展提供信息。该运动已证明，使用SISS-Geo平台实时监测非人类灵长类动物健康，不仅可以早至疫情暴发两个月前让公共卫生官员得到预警，有足够时间给几千人接种，还可以留出时间来制定动物保护计划，保护野生动植物。