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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Digital Public Health
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1422373

Developing a Digital Data Platform for Surveillance of food and waterborne Pathogens in North East India: Insight for Public Health Advocacy

Provisionally accepted
Madhuchhanda Das Madhuchhanda Das 1*Samresh Das Samresh Das 2Harleen Kaur Harleen Kaur 3Subhankar Mukherjee Subhankar Mukherjee 2Manas Chakraborty Manas Chakraborty 2Raja Gupta Raja Gupta 2Shalony Roy Shalony Roy 2Indranil Ganguly Indranil Ganguly 2Tapan Majumdar Tapan Majumdar 4Dr. Karma G. Dolma Dr. Karma G. Dolma 5Pallab Sharma Pallab Sharma 6Suranjana Chaliha Hazarika Suranjana Chaliha Hazarika 7Dalem Modi Dalem Modi 8Thandavarayan Ramamurthy Thandavarayan Ramamurthy 9
  • 1 Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India
  • 2 Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  • 3 ICMR-National Institute for Research in Digital Health and Data Science (ICMR-NIRDHDS), New Delhi, India
  • 4 Agartala Government Medical College, Agartala, Tripura, India
  • 5 Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences (SMIMS), Sikkim Manipal University, Gangtok, Sikkim, India
  • 6 Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR), Dibrugarh, Assam, India
  • 7 Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India
  • 8 Bankin Pertin General Hospital & Research Institute, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, India
  • 9 National Institute of Bacterial Infections (ICMR), Kolkata, India

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    Robust digital infrastructure is vital and need of the hour especially in the healthcare sector for real-time data generation, analysis, and quick decision making. Food and water-borne illnesses represent a prominent cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Our manuscript aims to provide insights into the digital surveillance system to tackle complex infections like these. We discuss the use of innovative approaches, data collection and analytical techniques to improve the disease detection and monitoring leading to better outcomes. especially in countries like India where the population is growing at an exponential rate. Since, it demonstrates the practical methods, the manuscript is highly relevant to the digital health community.

    Keywords: Madhuchhanda Das: Conceptualization, Writing -review & editing. Tapan Majumdar: Writing -review & editing. Indranil Ganguly: Writing -review & editing. Harleen Kaur: Methodology, Writing -original draft. Shalony Roy: Writing -review & editing. Subhankar Mukherjee: Writingreview & editing. Suranjana Chaliha Hazarika: Writing -review & editing Foodborne Diseases, surveillance, North East India, CDAC, ICMR, Public Health

    Received: 23 Apr 2024; Accepted: 12 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Das, Das, Kaur, Mukherjee, Chakraborty, Gupta, Roy, Ganguly, Majumdar, Dolma, Sharma, Chaliha Hazarika, Modi and Ramamurthy. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Madhuchhanda Das, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India

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