On 25th August 2023, IAPHP hosted a talk on ‘Technology & Multi-Sectoral Approaches to Dengue Surveillance in Bengaluru’ by Dr Bhaskar Rajakumar, Director of Healthcare Initiatives, ARTPARK (AI & Robotics Technology Park). The talk shared ARTPARK’s plans on working with BBMP & GoK to build a robust platform, with a systems approach towards disease surveillance and management including dashboards for daily monitoring, resource mapping, and disease risk prediction models. In his talk, he highlighted the significance of a data-driven approach for disease surveillance, the value of integrating multi-source data sets from sectors like health, transport, and economy to uncover overlapping areas for effective strategies, and the need for data collection protocols to minimize the time required for data cleaning. Watch the complete event