Multiplatform dengue management android mobile application

Abstract

Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection transmitted by the bite of an infected vector. In the resent past dengue cases are being increased uncontrollably across the world. Due to the dynamic nature of the dengue virus, a specific treatment has not been discovered yet and controlling can be considered as the only mitigating techniques. Presently, in Sri Lanka prevention procedure of dengue is based on reactive systems rather than proactive systems. Further, there is a need of general optimum infrastructure or mechanism, in which all the sectors who are contributing for the epidemic controlling can collaborate together under efficient action plan. Pro Active Dengue Management System (ProDMS) is a multi-platform GIS based distributed system for monitoring, forecasting and controlling the dengue epidemics. ProDMS consists of two main components, which can be introduced as Mobile Application and Web base System. In this study, we present suitable dynamic programming technics to develop some features of ProDMS android mobile application. The features are developed based on the dynamic programming methods rather than using existing static approaches. The features, are Statistical Charts, education packages, Alerting and Images of mosquito breeding places. All features are designed through dynamically changing menus with back end control. Content pages and statistical charts are designed in a way that they can function according to real time data and dynamic ongoing changes. The developed application uses JSON files as a medium to distribute the structured data among its components. Further, ensuring the confidentiality and the security of the data, transferring JSON files are embedded within user level securely measure when they transfer through web application. Concerning the sustainability of the system like ProDMS, all the software are designed so that it can be administrated and updated by privilege users who has basic computer literacy.