Researchers with the University of Botswana (UB) have developed computer software tools to help deal with the southern African country’s COVID-19 situation, authorities have announced.
The software tools include a dashboard of novel coronavirus infection cases, as well as applications for remotely monitoring the status of patients in quarantine.
University Vice Chancellor David Norris said on Thursday that the three software tools were worked out by researchers from the departments of engineering and technology, computer science and medicine.
“The faculty of engineering and technology has developed a web map visualization and live tracking dashboard that records data and shows real time trends of information on COVID-19 cases in Botswana,” said Norris.
He said the dashboard was developed in collaboration with the Botswana Institute of Geomatics (BIG) and is manned by university personnel.
The two self-assessment applications are for remote monitoring of those in and out of quarantine and also for frontline health workers.
“The self-assessment applications will drive data received from the Ministry of Health and Wellness Department of Monitoring and Evaluation for assessment and analysis to assist in real time decision making,” said Norris.
The developed systems have been set up to interface with the health ministry’s information system, Norris added.
