AUTOMATE
Harnessing routinely collected data for timely healthcare decisions in LMICs amidst pandemics.
The continued rise and re-emergent of global pandemics present significant challenges, especially in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) where health systems have limited capacity for timely identification and monitoring of the potential impact of pandemics. Digital epidemiology, including routinely collected healthcare data, offer great potential in providing evidence required to inform timely healthcare decisions to address/mitigate potential adverse impact of pandemics. This project aims to strengthen health systems in LMICs via digitalisation to improve preparedness/responsiveness to current and future pandemics.
Specific objectives of the project are to:
- establish current capacity to use data/evidence for healthcare decisions, using Covid-19 and maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) care/outcomes for illustration;
- develop digital health and intelligent data analytics/visualization tools to facilitate and enhance data access/interpretation; and
- pilot and assess feasibility of digitalization of healthcare data for timely MNCH decisions.
The project focuses on two Counties in Western Kenya: Kisumu and Siaya. It has three interrelated workstreams (WS), aligned with the specific objectives.
WS1: An assessment of current capacity/data quality and protocol development will be followed with an illustrative analysis to showcase use of data to inform policy/practice.
WS2: co-development and implementation of digital health and data analytics/visualization tools and processes to facilitate data access and use for timely decisions
WS3: Piloting and evaluating feasibility/process of digitalization of healthcare data
Project partners
AUTOMATE project is a collaboration between: Keele University School of Medicine (UK); Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development (TICH) in Africa (Kenya); University of Sunderland (UK); and Ministry of Health (Kenya).
AUTOMATE project is jointly led by Professor Monica Magadi of Keele University School of Medicine (UK) and Professor Margaret Kaseje of the Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development (TICH) in Africa (Kenya). The project brings together a diverse team of investigators (co-applicants) from partner institutions in Kenya and UK, shown below:
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UK |
Kenya |
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Joint Lead Institutions |
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Keele University |
TICH |
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Professor Monica Magadi (Co-PI) |
Professor Margaret Kaseje (Co-PI) |
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Partner institutions |
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University of Sunderland |
Ministry of Health |
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Professor Yongqiang Cheng (Co-I) |
Dr Dickens Onyango (Kisumu County) |
Meet the team (Co-PIs, Co-Is, DS, PDRAs)
Professor Margaret Kaseje
Co-PI, TICH, Kenya
Professor Dan Kaseje
Chief Co-I
Professor Yongqiang Chen
Co-I, University of Sunderland, UK
Professor Charles Wafula
Co-I, TICH, Kenya
Dr Careena Otieno
Co-I, Tich, Kenya
Dr Dickens Onyango
MoH Consultant, Kisumu County, Kenya
Kennedy Oruenjo
MoH Consultant, Siaya County, Kenya
Dr Tanya Wright
Project Manager, Keele University, UK
Jerusha Otieno
Data Scientist, TICH, Kenya
Beldine Omondi
Statistician, TICH, Kenya
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Affiliation /Contacts |
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Professor Dilly OC Anumba |
Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine & Population Health, Faculty of Health, The University of Sheffield, UK |
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Professor Sharon Fonn |
School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Professor Nelson K Sewankambo |
Emeritus Professor, Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda |
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Professor Violet Nyambura Kimani |
A retired full Professor of Community Health, Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya |
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Professor Shem Otoi Odhiambo Sam
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Professor of Statistics, Great Lakes University Kisumu (GLUK), Kenya |
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Professor Sarah Neal |
Professor in Global Health, University of Southampton Social Statistics Unit, UK |
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Role and affiliation |
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Hon Dr James Nyikal |
MP, and Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Health (Kenya) |
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Elizabeth Oywer |
Former Registrar and CEO of the Nursing Council of Kenya and Chair of TICH Institute Board of Governors |
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Professor Omollo Ongati |
Professor of Biostatistics, Maseno University, Kenya
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Dr Martin Odhiambo K'onyango |
Country Executive Committee Chair (CEC) for Health, Siaya, Kenya |
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Dr Gregory Ganda |
County Executive Committee member for Health, Kisumu County, Kenya |
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Professor Dan Kaseje |
MD, MPH, PhD, Chair of TICH Trust Board of Trustees, Kenya |
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Professor Margaret Kaseje |
CEO TICH Trust, Co-PI, Technical Advisory Committee Secretary, Kenya |
