Nokia Software for Social
Services
Nokia
Data Gathering software solution is designed to help public sector and
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) collect data on critical issues such
as disease outbreaks or disaster relief via mobile devices. The Amazonas
State Health Department in Brazil will be the first to use the solution as
part of its fight against dengue fever in the city of Manaus in Northern
Brazil.
According
to Nokia, the software will be available to public sector organizations
and NGOs free of charge. It can be used to create tailored questionnaires
and distribute them to multiple mobile phones using a normal mobile
network.
Field
personnel surveying local conditions can complete the questionnaires and
immediately transmit their findings to a central database. The system also
allows organizations to geo-tag data with GPS location information to
build a more detailed picture of local conditions.
Accurate
and timely information is essential when monitoring the effectiveness of
disease prevention measures and preventing further outbreaks. This is the
basis for the deployment of Nokia Data Gathering in Brazil by the Amazonas
State Health Department,
SUSAM (Secretaria
de Estado de Saúde do Amazonas) will be using the solution to monitor
outbreaks of disease and the effectiveness of prevention programs in the
city of Manaus.
Commencing in October 2008, 50 SUSAM field personnel equipped with Nokia
E61 and Nokia E71 devices will take to the street in the metropolitan
region of Manaus focusing initially on dengue fever. The program will then
be expanded in 2009 to cover the whole State of Amazonas, with SUSAM's 600
field agents gathering data on the fight against dengue fever, malaria,
and yellow fever.
The
software was developed by Nokia and Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia (INdT),
a non-profit research and development center in Brazil.
Nokia
will be donating licenses for the Nokia Data Gathering software to public
sector organizations and NGOs.
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