CENTER FOR INFORMATICS UNIVERSITY OF SAN AGUSTIN ILOILO

COVID-19 Toolkit

We prepared this toolkit to assist local governments, private organizations and health decision-makers across the Philippines in their response to CoViD-19. It currently consists of guidelines, recommendations, data, estimation tools and support, and informatics tools for contact tracing and monitoring. We believe these tools may help users tailor their response according to how the epidemic behaves in their communities. See the COVID-19 Toolkit menu item above and the Apps and Services buttons below.

More Up-to-Date Covid-19 Data

CENTER FOR INFORMATICS
THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN AGUSTIN ILOILO

The CFI’s overarching objective is to develop and implement informatics resources to support policies and decisions. These resources include data sets, data collection and management tools, scientific expertise, and user support, in collaboration with researchers and other users in, but not limited to, the Western Visayas region.

Apps and Services for the Community

Contact Tracing

PPE Needs

Epidemiology

EMR

Data, Projections, and COVID-19: CFI Mini-symposium on December 7, 2020

Researchers from the University of San Agustin Iloilo, University of the Philippines and National Center for Mental Health have collaborated on numerous projects to help in the local and national COVID-19 response.

Link to the entire webinar recording & program segments.

DOST SEI Webinar Activity for the Health Sector

Introduction to Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap)

Pia Zamora and Jonathan Rico, CIP Scholars Working with CFI, were featured in DOST's the Patriot

"We can always do something to further the welfare of Filipinos. However you want to help any of our countrymen in need, give it your all and do it with the right intention".

- Pia Zamora and Jonathan Rico on The Patriot

COVID-19 Data Issues analyzed by CFI volunteer student Dominic Karl Bolinas

Dominic Karl Bolinas, MD-PhD student in UP Manila and volunteer at the CFI, investigated the different data channels used by the DOH to disseminate COVID-19 information and found dissimilarities.

Exit Report of Dr. Romulo de Castro

Dr. Romulo de Castro delivered his exit report for his Balik Scientist medium-term stint as the director of the Center for Informatics. He emphasized his collaborative work with multiple organizations and many other scientists and researchers. Specific focus was given to his work on COVID-19.

New Research Publication from CFI, CND3 and Chemistry

CVD and diabetes risk scoring research is particularly limited in the Philippines due to challenges related to costs, gaps in policies, and stakeholder involvement. A possible theoretical framework for the analysis and utilization of data sets as well as recommendations and research directions were discussed in this manuscript.

Disparities in Healthcare Delivery in Western Visayas during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The lack of an efficient healthcare delivery system has always been an issue in the Philippines. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare delivery in Western Visayas was discussed in this manuscript.

This analysis was submitted as a commissioned paper to the 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST).

CFI and partner modelers offer free epidemiological modeling service to LGUs

CFI collaborates with its research partners (UP Diliman, the National Center for Mental Health, UP Manila and UP Visayas) to offer free epidemiological modeling services to LGUs using existing methods (FluSurge, Hill) and the newly-created ASQ (Age Stratified SEIR with Quarantine).

Western Visayas COVID-19 Cases Data

We compile Region VI (Western Visayas) Covid-19 data from the DOH, media reports and other sources.

CFI assists PAASE and PASUC with a PPE Needs Dashboard App

PAASE is partnering with PASUC to set up a PAASE-PASUC dashboard in our websites, that would reflect real-time data on the demand for PPE in underserved hospitals and other facilities in the country.

The dashboard was created by Dr. Romulo de Castro and Mr. Raphael Nelo Aguila of the University of San Agustin's Center for Informatics (CFI) with inputs from the PAASE PPE Team and PASUC & BSU Pres. Ronquillo.

RAPPLER publishes Lockdown Analysis by a team of researchers led by the CFI

"...we must will ourselves to test massively and extensively if post-lockdown decisions are to be driven by data. Lack of testing is lack of data."

CFI assists NCMH with contact tracing and monitoring tool

Covid-19 has recently hampered operations at the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH). This requires immediate action in reporting, contact tracing and monitoring cases. The CFI immediately helped to develop and deploy a tool to assist the NCMH in tracking the disease among its staff and within their grounds.

COVID-19 Disease Burden vs Hospital Capacity

We modeled the healthcare burden for this epidemic using the FluSurge 2.0 tool adjusted for Covid-19 conditions and the status of regional (Panay + Guimaras) and provincial hospital capacity.

A Recommendation for COVID-19 Testing in Low Resource Countries

Sample pooling can save in the number of tests to be performed when resources (for testing) are scarce, and has been used to track pathogen spread early in an epidemic.

COVID-19 Outbreak and Response

The University of San Agustin Iloilo Office of Research and Global Relations, the Center for Informatics and the Department of Biology hosted a lecture on COVID-19 by Dr. Mario Antonio L. Jiz II last March 13, 2020. Dr. Jiz highlighted updates on disease epidemiology, surveillance, and diagnosis and discussed preventive measures to help curb the spread of the virus.