How to survive the nextpandemic
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Chapter 1: Introduction to One Health
One Health is an
integrated,
unifying approach
that aims to
sustainably
balance and
optimize the health
of people, animals
and ecosystems.
https://www.who.int/health-topics/one-health
One-Health Approach
Participatory One-
Health Disease
Detection (PODD)
Enable early
detection and rapid
response of animal
& human disease.
outbreak
Digital platform for
local government to
handle local needs.
PODD Concept
Volunteers Digital Platform Handling Protocol
Data Entry Information Utilization
PODD Process Design
v
PODD One-Health Approach
Individual case report
and progress tracking
Data-Driven Decision Making
For Local Governments
Location-based and
analytic reports.
407 Local
Government, cover
2M Citizen
In the last six months
10 COVID-19 outbreaks55 Dengue outbreaks
96 Potential outbreaks in animals
50k+ reports
Our results
Prevents
Disease has no border, so we
expand to neighboring countries
And cover more area of One-
Health, e.g., Food safety, NCD
Our next step
Key Takeaways
1.Digital platform is a crucial tools for
endemic/pandemic prevention, but it needs
human network to operate.
2.Designing such system requires deep
understanding of context and requirements
and many iteration of improvement.
3.You can do it.
Thank you and if you want to help,
we will be more than appreciate.