Lokachet Tanasugarn

Good job pointing out one of the most crucial aspects of all these issues: we need to “put people at the center of technology”. Having an inclusive technological development strategy is the key to using them as our supporting and empowering tools!

Thanks for sharing your idea. I also have the same idea in terms of having a centralized data system that is accessible from diverse platforms. At least we are starting to have more open data sources for data in the public sector of Thailand but let’s wait and see the progress of the endeavor.

Thanks for sharing your experience! Since the internet has been one of the infrastructures of IT systems, having well-covered and high-speed internet that could catch up with the evolving disease situation is a pre-requisite for the system to work properly. I wonder if there is any national development plan underway for this obstacle and if there…[Read more]

Thanks for sharing! I agree that most of the attention has been on viral disease in terms of the new PHEIC. It would be interesting to see how we could predict the probability of PHEIC from each potential mutated strain. Maybe, bioinformatics and statistical genetics could be able to help us with these predictions!

Thanks for sharing your idea on the topic. I’m glad that you mentioned the interaction between LMICs and high-income countries in terms of pandemic prevention and control. As we all may already have heard – “no one is safe until everyone is safe”.

Thanks for sharing your answer! I agree with your thought – mutation could result in a new strain of microbe that has PHEIC potential. So, better make sure the people are adequately vaccinated!

Thanks for your systematic answer!

I’m glad that you raised the potential threat of nuclear weapons. Although the examples we had in class are infectious in origin, consequences from nuclear weapons detonation could potentially lead to PHEIC as well.

Good job – keep it up!

Thanks for sharing your idea! I agree with your thoughts, especially on the genetic factors of microbes. With the latest COVID-19 pandemic, we have witnessed the problematic issue of disease control when we have to deal with the fast mutating organisms that render our preventive measures ineffective. I also hope that we could, someday, develop a…[Read more]

Thanks for your insightful observation!

You have made a solid point about PHEIC being an undesirable declaration due to several factors that are mostly beyond the consideration of disease control. With the likely emergence of new zoonotic diseases, it would be interesting to see how the international threshold on the declaration will shift in…[Read more]

Thanks for sharing your idea! It is interesting that you mentioned the user experience in relation to the timeline. I also wonder about their opinion on the initial training during the outbreak as well. On one hand, successfully carrying out the training in such a short period of time could be viewed as a success; however, there might be some…[Read more]

Thanks for sharing your idea! I agree that assurance is needed especially if the system has been implemented for a while. Notably, it could be carried out both as an assurance and revision process for all involved parties of the system!

Thanks for your insight and discussion. I totally agree that the successful implementation of a new system in the middle of an outbreak is already made their mission an impressive one! About the data standard, some case definitions and data collection formats have been proposed by US CDC; however, the implementation could be vastly different in a…[Read more]

Thanks for sharing your idea! Good job pointing out the assessment of technical support. We all experience technicality struggles and will need some assistance from time to time!

Thanks for sharing your idea! Both of these attributes are important to maximize the uptake of the system – good job!

Thanks for your reply!

Thanks for your insights on this topic!

Thanks for sharing your idea!

Thanks for sharing this mapping technology. Geolocation is indeed an attractive feature for targeted disease control intervention!

Thanks for your insightful comments on the additional attributes.
Irrefutably, their effort in launching the SORMAS was impressive! Additional evaluation such as the consistency of the data and user/service experience that you mentioned would further refine their evaluation of this digitized system.

Thanks for introducing us to this additional mobile IT application!