Experience with the Mobile4D Disaster Reporting and Alerting System in Lao PDR

Abstract

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is used to support developing countries in many different ways, such as poverty reduction, public services enhancement, and disaster management and recovery. Mobile4D is a software framework that applies the crowdsourcing paradigm to facilitate information exchange between people during disaster situations. It acts as a disaster reporting and alerting system as well as an information sharing platform. Mobile4D facilitates rapid communication between local citizens and administrative units. Moreover, it allows exchanging experience and knowledge between people to reduce poverty and increase living standards. The Mobile4D framework has been deployed in a pilot study in three provinces in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). The study was limited to report particular types of disasters, however, it revealed further use cases and identified the required extension of Mobile4D to cover the entire country. This paper presents a report about Mobile4D: initiative, challenges, status, and further extensions.

Acceptability and Use of Mobile Health Applications in Health Information Systems: A Case of eIDSR and DHIS2 Touch Mobile Applications in Tanzania

“…Due to the advancement of the information and communication technologies (ICT), various studies show that ICT can play a significant role in providing a timely, effective and efficient healthcare services improving a routine data reporting [1]. Through ICT technologies, different systems such as health mobile applications and web-based systems have been developed and implemented in different countries [2]. These systems have the potential to provide and promote quality information on routine health data for decision making and planning.…”