Executive Summary: Developing a national contact tracing system is one of the strategies adopted by countries to address the COVID-19 pandemic. With the decentralized nature of local government units (LGUs) in the Philippines, different LGUs have also been using various contact tracing applications. There is a need to integrate these multiple applications to streamline the…
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Governments in Asia have been seeking the help of ICTs in one way or another to address the COVID-19 pandemic. In the Philippines, the COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF), precisely the information and communications technology sub-working group (ICT SWG) on data governance, is working with the Standards and Interoperability Asia (SIL-Asia)…
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The world is currently facing unprecedented health, economic, and social crisis with the spread of COVID-19. Countries around the world are working round the clock in developing tools that can combat the virus. While many efforts are centered on health (e.g., vaccines, medicines, treatment protocols) and relief (e.g., providing food, helping the vulnerable population, supporting…
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The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). As of April 2020, it has infected at least 2.2 million people around the world, causing around 150,000 deaths. The disease has led countries to implement lockdowns and community quarantines to prevent further spread of the virus…
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A health interoperability laboratory is a facility focusing on the interoperability of digital health applications. It is a facility where the government, private sector, and academe can come together to test, create, innovate and connect digital health information systems. With the help of digital health experts, the lab ensures that health information systems are standards-based…
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