Building Trust to help Identify Ebola Infected Patient and contact tracing in Dr Congo, Uganda, and Kenya to P

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of identifying Ebola infected patients in DR Congo, Uganda, and Kenya due to a loss of trust and the innovative Prema Kiosk solution to address these issues.

Ebola is spreading faster in DR Congo because people have lost trust, and the World Health Organisation is unable to contain the infections. It is clear that people are not reporting cases, nor going to hospitals; instead, they are escaping and returning to their communities and homes. They are also removing bodies and transporting them to villages without proper protection. The only solution is to create Prema Kiosk, involving local people such as retired nurses, doctors, priests, teachers, and respected community members to be guardians of Prema Kiosk. These guardians will be motivated by financial incentives, and people will listen to them. Maya Advocates can be trained to assist in the community and monitor infected individuals. Prema Kiosk, powered by Dr Maya AI and created by Dr Kadiyali Srivatsa, can identify infected persons and their contacts, and monitor their movements using smartphones. First, a suspected patient or family member contacts a PREMA Guardian, scans a QR code, or uses a smartphone link. The system asks simple questions in the local language, recording symptoms, timing, exposure, funeral attendance, household members, travel routes, and close contacts…

People in this episode

Host: Dr Kadiyali Srivatsa

Topics covered

• Ebola
• trust building
• public health
• community engagement
• technology in healthcare

Keywords

• Ebola
• trust
• public health
• Prema Kiosk
• community health
• Dr Maya AI
• contact tracing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: World Health Organisation

Places: DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya

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