کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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468695 | 698249 | 2015 | 14 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• Jeev is a novel smartphone application for tracking the vaccination coverage of children.
• Jeev synergistically combines smartphones, QR codes, and national id cards.
• Jeev is scalable and power efficient.
Immunization saves millions of lives against vaccine-preventable diseases. Yet, 24 million children born every year do not receive proper immunization during their first year. UNICEF and WHO have emphasized the need to strengthen the immunization surveillance and monitoring in developing countries to reduce childhood deaths. In this regard, we present a software application called Jeev to track the vaccination coverage of children in rural communities. Jeev synergistically combines the power of smartphones and the ubiquity of cellular infrastructure, QR codes, and national identification cards. We present the design of Jeev and highlight its unique features along with a detailed evaluation of its performance and power consumption using the National Immunization Survey datasets. We are in discussion with a non-profit organization in Haiti to pilot test Jeev in order to study its effectiveness and identify socio-cultural issues that may arise in a large-scale deployment.
Journal: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine - Volume 122, Issue 2, November 2015, Pages 215–228