{"id":109510,"date":"2021-05-31T10:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T04:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=109510"},"modified":"2021-05-31T21:07:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T15:37:54","slug":"need-for-real-time-data-on-public-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/need-for-real-time-data-on-public-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Need for real-time data on public health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis: <\/strong>Having access to epidemiological real-time data on <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/neglect-of-public-health-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">public health<\/a> will help us to fight against the pandemic better by making informed choices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of data to governments in decision-making.<\/li>\n<li>However, India lacks real-time data on public health and the provision of health services.<\/li>\n<li>This necessitates the<strong> need for data transparency and data sharing<\/strong> in India to make informed decision-making.<\/li>\n<li>Hence, India <strong>needs to create a charter for standardizing digital health data<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>How real-time data on public health can help fight against the Pandemic?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Firstly, it will help in data analysis and modelling<\/strong>. For instance, the epidemiological concept of flattening the curve and its predictions are results of data analysis and modelling.\n<ul>\n<li>Epidemiology refers to the study of medicine which deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secondly, it allows us to measure our preparedness, and shape our responses to identify, manage, and care for new cases<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thirdly, it will help to understand disease pathogenesis and severity. For example, <\/strong>Epidemic outbreak data like case data, medical and treatment data can be used to understand disease pathogenesis and severity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fourthly, it helps us to understand the transmissibility or infectivity of the virus.<\/strong> For example, comparing genome surveillance data with the magnitude of fatalities or recovery will help us to understand the transmissibility or infectivity of the virus.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fifthly, it will help in predicting viral evolution and drug-treatment strategies<\/strong>. Surveillance through studying genome sequencing of the virus, along with epidemiological data allows us to identify the evolution of the virus after the rollout of vaccinations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Challenges in generating real-time data on public health<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>One,<\/strong> <strong>standardisation of data collection is the biggest challenge<\/strong> due to many operational constraints<strong>.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensuring data availability and quality under operational constraints is critical. This can be addressed by <strong>reducing errors and enabling transparency.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second, concerns of privacy and security while sharing personal health data.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>There is a need to build a systemic infrastructure with built-in safeguards. This will provide security and ensure privacy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/data-an-essential-weapon-against-covid-7334700\/\">The Indian Express<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Synopsis: Having access to epidemiological real-time data on public health will help us to fight against the pandemic better by making informed choices. Background The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of data to governments in decision-making. However, India lacks real-time data on public health and the provision of health services. This necessitates the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/need-for-real-time-data-on-public-health\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Need for real-time data on public health<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,1351,1310,9],"tags":[1289],"class_list":["post-109510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-daily-news","category-daily-news-updates","category-public","tag-soc_0","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700782739,"cached_date":1704944633},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}