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Background

Humanitarian emergencies increase the risk of transmission of communicable diseases and other health conditions.

Disease outbreaks can be a major cause of morbidity and mortality during emergencies.

Problem

There remains no agreement on common, standardised information tools that can be rapidly deployed to support disease detection and response whenever an emergency occurs.

This can lead to delays in detecting and responding to disease outbreaks, which can result in avoidable cases and deaths.

Solution

The ultimate aim of the Global EWARS tool is to reduce the numbers of cases and deaths that occur during disease outbreaks.

This is done through early detection of disease outbreaks and the initiation of timely and effective response efforts.

The Project

Global EWARS is a simple, lightweight application that can be rapidly configured and deployed to support disease surveillance, alert and response in emergencies.

It is designed with frontline users in mind, and is made to work in difficult and remote operating environment.