Sahana Open Source Humanitarian Software

ProjectPandemic Preparedness Forum

Bangkok, Thailand, 5th April 2011

Michael Howden

michael@sahanafoundation.org

Overview

• Challenges of Information Management

• Benefits of Data Standards

• Sahana Open Source Software

• Open Global Health Facility Registry

Vets

Doctors

Public

UN Agencies

Government Agencies

Hospitals

Farmers

Pharmaceutical

Companies

Media

• ED Status• Bed Capacity• Services

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• ED Status• Bed Capacity• Services

<HospitalBedCapacityStatus>           <BedCapacity>                  <Bed>AdultICU</Bed>                 <Capacity> <CapacityStatus>Vacant/Available</CapacityStatus>                        <AvailableCount>10</AvailableCount>                        <BaselineCount>30</BaselineCount>                 </Capacity>           </BedCapacity>

EDXL-HAVE Data Standard

EDXL-HAVE• Emergency Data Exchange Language

– Hospital Availability Exchange• XML based - Open / Free to use• Governed by Oasis www.oasis-open.org • A “Language” for sharing information• Other relevant data standards:

– CAP: Common Alerting Protocol– PFIF: Person Finder Interchange Format

Sahana Software Foundation• Supporting Open Source Software & Open

Standards for Disaster Management• Supported by a community of

organisations, companies and volunteers• Used in many contexts, including:

– New York City for Coastal Storm Planning– National Library of Medicine (USA)– DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction) Project Portal– Organisation & Hospital Registry in Haiti

National Library of Medicine (USA)

PFIF

DRR Project Portal

Sahana Software

Hospital Data Shared in Open Format

Hospital Data in Haiti

Open Global Health Facility Registry

Create a list of

EVERY Health Facility in the World

• Building on the Sahana Open Source Software proven in Haiti– Hospital Registry– “Web Services” to Import/Export data– Rapid Application Development Platform

• “Crowdsourcing” the data collection– Collaboratively by a trusted network– Government, NGOs, Companies, Communities

Sahana Global Health Facility Registry

Identify

• Find data sources• Uniquely identity each

facility

Validate

• Accuracy & Completeness

• Authority of Source

Compile

• Policy for Updating Registry

Audit

• Log changes• Verify accuracy

Data Management Process:

Questions?