| 11 | | === Human Resources === |
| 12 | | Identified as a core system which is inadequate in many of the responding organisations. |
| 13 | | |
| 14 | | The Sahana Human Resources module is used by several different Red Cross National Societies, so is proven to be flexible & mature. |
| 15 | | |
| 16 | | We can develop a template for a simplified HR system which could be rapidly deployed by any of these Orgs |
| 17 | | |
| 18 | | === Logistics === |
| 19 | | Identified as a core system which is inadequate in many of the responding organisations. |
| 20 | | |
| 21 | | ==== Internal Organisation ==== |
| 22 | | The Sahana Logistics module is used by the Philippines government (DSWD), including to provide mroe aid than any other Org during Typhoon !Haiyan/Yolanda, so is proven to be mature and supportable locally. |
| 23 | | |
| 24 | | We can develop a template for a simplified Logistics system which could be rapidly deployed by any of these Orgs |
| 25 | | |
| 26 | | ==== Cross Organisation ==== |
| 27 | | As well as using Requests between Organisations, we can also develop a !LogShare template to allow different organisations to share Logistics data with each other without needing to modify their internal processes. |
| 28 | | |
| 29 | | This was piloted as [http://support.helios-foundation.org/docs/materials/helioshare HELIOShare] by logistics staff from various UK NGOs who gave very positive feedback about the utility of the system, yet we were unable to deploy live anywhere yet since it was hard to find a system owner (would ideally be Logistics Cluster, so WFP as lead for Liberia) |
| | 10 | == Sahana Modules for Ebola Response == |
| | 11 | Sahana is a mature Open Source Disaster Management Software solution, and as well as Contact Tracing/Monitoring, it has a variety of modules that could assist organisations responding to the Ebola Outbreak. Additionally it can be quickly customized and extended to produce solutions to new challenges that may be faced. |
| 42 | | Right now this is a paper-based system which causes long delays (days) before people are put into the enhanced monitoring state, which |
| 43 | | obviously means they're likely to have more contacts & hence more deaths will occur. |
| 44 | | There is an old study about a similar system, related to sexually transmitted diseases, which shows that such a system can reduce the delay to get people into monitoring to less than 6-8 hours (provided |
| 45 | | you have enough resources for the monitoring itself). |
| | 24 | Currently this is a paper-based system which causes long delays (days) before people are put into the enhanced monitoring state, which obviously means they're likely to have more contacts & hence more deaths will occur. |
| | 25 | There is an old study about a similar system, related to sexually transmitted diseases, which shows that such a system can reduce the delay to get people into monitoring to less than 6-8 hours (provided you have enough resources for the monitoring itself). |
| 47 | | Constraints are that the system would need to work offline and on 5-8 year old hardware...so we're talking Windows laptops with IE7/8 and pre-Android phones. |
| 48 | | ==== Solution ==== |
| 49 | | See Also: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UwT72n7gQjUosp-_mkOBunsQflFqIApB1e8a69oLOqE/edit |
| | 27 | Sahana can rapidly deploy a Contact !Tracing/Monitoring solution for any organisations responding to the Ebola Outbreak. |
| | 28 | |
| | 29 | === Personnel / Human Resources === |
| | 30 | Many of the responding organisations have identified a need for better personnel & human resources solutions. |
| | 31 | |
| | 32 | Sahana's Personnel / Human Resources module is used by several different Red Cross National Societies around the world, so is proven to be flexible & mature. |
| | 33 | |
| | 34 | Sahana can rapidly deploy a Personnel / Human Resources solution for any organisations responding to the Ebola Outbreak. |
| | 35 | |
| | 36 | === Logistics & Donation Management === |
| | 37 | Many of the responding organisations have identified a need for better logistics solutions. |
| | 38 | |
| | 39 | Sahana can rapidly deploy a Logistics or Donation Management solution for any organisations responding to the Ebola Outbreak. |
| | 40 | |
| | 41 | ==== Single Organization ==== |
| | 42 | Sahana's logistics module is used by the Philippines Government Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). It was used to manage the distribution of more aid than any other organisation during Typhoon !Haiyan/Yolanda, so is proven to be mature and locally supportable. |
| | 43 | |
| | 44 | ==== Inter-Agency Coordination ==== |
| | 45 | Sahana's logistics module can also be use to support Inter-Agency Coordination |
| | 46 | * Request Management |
| | 47 | * Donation Management |
| | 48 | * Logistic information sharing |
| | 49 | Sahana has been previously been piloted as the [http://support.helios-foundation.org/docs/materials/helioshare HELIOShare] solution by various UK INGOs to share inventory and logistics capacity data with each other, without needing to modify their existing systems and internal processes. The logistics staff from these organisations gave very positive feedback about the utility of the system, yet there has not been an agency to lead the deployment of this solution. Ideally this would be done by the Logistics Cluster lead, as WFP in Liberia. |
| | 50 | |
| | 51 | === Hospital + Health Facility Management === |
| | 52 | Sahana's Hospital + Health Facility Management module can be used to manage locations including their status, capacities and requirements. This can be seen on our demo site here: http://ebola.sahanafoundation.org/eden/hms/hospital/map |
| | 53 | |
| | 54 | Sahana can rapidly deploy a Hospital + Health Facility Management solution for any organisations responding to the Ebola Outbreak. |
| | 55 | |
| | 56 | === Who's Doing What Where === |
| | 57 | Sahana has modules that can manage organisations, contacts, activities and projects which provide a Who's Doing What Where solution. The [http://drrprojects.net/ DRR Project Portal] which is powered by Sahana has been sharing information on Disaster Risk Reducation Projects in the Asia Pacific for the past 4 years. |
| | 58 | |
| | 59 | Sahana can rapidly deploy a Who's Doing What Where solution for any organisations responding to the Ebola Outbreak. |
| | 60 | |
| | 61 | === Custom Solutions === |
| | 62 | In addition to Sahana's existing modules, new modules can quickly be developed to provide custom solutions to new challenges that may be faced by organisations responding to the Ebola Outbreak. These solutions can easily be integrated into the existing modules as well as utilizing Sahana's full framework: |
| | 63 | * User Permissions & Security |
| | 64 | * Messaging (Email/SMS/Twitter/IVR) |
| | 65 | * Mapping |
| | 66 | * RESTful API |
| | 67 | * Offline Support |
| | 68 | |
| | 69 | Sahana can rapidly deploy a custom solution for any organisations responding to the Ebola Outbreak. |
| | 70 | |
| | 71 | == Sahana Ebola Response == |
| | 72 | Sahana is currently working on a number tasks to be able to better support any requests for assistance, but will prioritize requests from any organisations responding to the Ebola Outbreak. |
| | 73 | |
| | 74 | If you are interested in being involved in the Sahana Ebola Response you are welcome to contributing to any of these tasks. Please be aware that the Sahana Team is currently very busy with the response efforts, so will not be able to provide any additional assistance or guidance at this stage. If you are a new software developer it would be most valuable to follow the steps here: [wiki:Develop Want To Help Develop Sahana Eden?] |
| | 75 | |
| | 76 | A list of tasks is also documented here: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UwT72n7gQjUosp-_mkOBunsQflFqIApB1e8a69oLOqE/edit Sahana Ebola Deployment Google Doc]. |
| | 77 | |
| | 78 | === Contact !Tracing/Monitoring === |
| | 79 | |
| | 80 | Constraints are that the system would need to work offline and on 5-8 year old hardware such as Windows laptops with IE7/8 and pre-Android phones. |
