AIS with the Department of Disease Control Ministry of Health has strengthened surveillance, prevention and control of dengue fever in Thailand through the use of applications VHVs online with a feature to report mosquito larvae surveys for VHVs and public health officials to help work in the area. Over the past 3 years, it has become one of the important tools in dealing with the Thai dengue fever situation. more than one hundred million times Reinforcing the upgrading of the public health care model including creating new standards in the field of equal public health To jointly improve people’s quality of life by using digital technology.
Dr. Chantana Phadungtos, Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Disease Control, said: “Dengue fever considered a public health problem Not only in Thailand, but also among ASEAN countries. because it is in a humid tropical region With such importance, 10 countries in Southeast Asia have jointly adopted a resolution to designate every June 15th of every year as “ASEAN Dengue Day” to jointly campaign to prevent the spread of dengue fever in Thailand. broad In Thailand, dengue fever is a contagious disease that has spread continuously for more than 70 years. From January 1 to June 8, 2022, there were 3,386 cumulative cases. Compared to the same period in 2021, the cumulative number of cases decreased by 21%. rain or from May onwards This dengue fever disease is carried by Aedes mosquitoes. Therefore, the best prevention is to eliminate the breeding grounds of Aedes mosquitoes.”
Dr. Chantana added that “The surveillance, prevention and control of such diseases Requires cooperation from network agencies take part in the operation both public and private agencies which is an important factor in driving the work to be successful and especially the VHV, who will lead the community to encourage people to take care of themselves and their families not to get sick from communicable diseases brought on by mosquitoes. which nowadays digital technology tools to become an important factor helping to increase digital health skills (Digital Health) is an online VHV application
Originally, the work would be to visit the area to collect data using paper forms. causing discrepancies in the use of data But after applying the report feature to explore mosquito larvae in the VHV online application, it made the performance of the Volunteer Volunteer Able to collect survey data for mosquito larvae including the number of houses, larvae, containers, including the Aedes larvae index found in the community and in the home to be forwarded to the Sub-District Health Promoting Hospital (Sor. Sor. Hospital) to summarize the results and closely monitor the epidemic in the area. In conclusion, today, the Department of Disease Control has taken advantage of the data to be analyzed together with the number of patients in the area. to predict the occurrence of outbreaks in the area to divide high-risk areas medium-risk and low-risk and used in surveillance Risk factors for infectious disease brought on by Aedes mosquitoes to alert the area and alerting people to areas at risk of disease In the future, the Department It is planned to use the data from the survey of Aedes larvae from the VHV online application to analyze together with the Meteorological Department’s data such as rainfall, humidity, etc., in order to identify the risk areas of dengue fever that more accurate
Mrs. Saichon Sapma Udom Head of Public Relations Department, Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited or AIS, said, “Our main goal as a Digital Life Service Provider is to bring digital technology to improve the quality of life for Thai people. especially in the field of public health Nowadays, digital technology has become an important tool to help reduce inequality in accessing health services equally. proven by the application VHV online that today has become a repository of knowledge and important health information that Volunteers have applied them in their work. both providing knowledge in the area and collecting various information especially important functions such as mosquito larvae survey reports To jointly monitor and help reduce the outbreak of dengue fever that has been effective continuously for 3 years by the Department of Disease Control. Ministry of Public Health AIS and the VHV team continue to move forward together. Prevent death from dengue fever and improve people’s quality of life with digital technology.
For the Aedes larvae survey report feature has been added to the application. VHV online in 2019. Over the past three years, more than 5 million households in Thailand have been surveyed for mosquito larvae and destroying their breeding grounds. The mosquito larvae have been surveyed more than 100 million times. with advice on how to improve the environment of the house to be hygienic improve public health And when the community environment is good, it makes the society good as well. However, this collaboration also contributes to the transfer of knowledge in information management. Especially the data from the survey of mosquito larvae in the app. Volunteers online come to analyze together and manage the epidemic in different areas effectively. When looking at the statistics of dengue fever patients, it can be seen that the patient rate has continued to decline.
“The dimension of inequality in public health Today, digital technology has become an important tool for people to have equal access to health care services in all areas, especially in the local area. AIS continues to insist that it is ready to work with personnel from all sectors working in the area. In particular, VHVs can have effective tools to help the mission of taking care of Thai people’s health. Keep moving forward as best as you can,” said Ms. Saichon at the end.
