CovidWATCH: rapid monitoring tool for regions with low smartphone penetration
Team Lead: Chiranjib BhattacharyyaEmail: chiru@iisc.ac.in
This project is a collaboration between IISc and AI Foundry, Bengaluru.
CovidWatch is a rapid monitoring tool developed for areas with low smartphone penetration.
It offers a basic screening test based on ICMR strategy and a symptom tracker to record daily symptoms, via multi-language Whatsapp chatbot. Specifically built for people with little to no technological acumen, it also allows a single volunteer to take this test on behalf of multiple nearby people for convenience. The data is shared with the authorities in form of a dashboard, where they filter based on location, symptoms, age, etc. for subsequent follow-ups. This tool has been deployed in a ward under Pune Municipality and has already helped authorities by surveying close to 3,000 people in ~2 weeks.
A slide deck detailing the tool is available at the following link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1G6fbV0fzH9Xo9_y2zdZqnmEQRgpoJ8bc
Team
- Lead Developers: Niharika Venkatesh (AI Foundry; niharika@aifoundry.ai) and Nabanita Paul (IISc; nabanitapaul@iisc.ac.in)
- Advisors: Arvind Saraf (AI Foundry; arvind@aifoundry.ai) and Chiranjib Bhattacharyya (IISc; chiru@iisc.ac.in)