The Ogun State Government has launched a mobile application to aid the dissemination of information among health workers in the state.
Commissioner for Health in the state, Tomi Coker disclosed this, on Sunday, at an Emergency Operation Committee meeting held at Oke-Mosan, in the state capital.
The commissioner said that the Android application christened ‘CommCare’ would serve as one resource for information about case definition.
Coker added that the mobile device would help health workers at the primary health center to easily do risk assessment before it escalates to the local government level, pointing out that the application has been rolled out at Ewekoro Local Government area to enhance the activities of health workers.
The Commissioner maintained that the application would be deployed for use in two other priority areas including, Ado-Odo/Ota and Ifo Local Government areas, respectively, given the volume of industrial activities in these localities.
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“Since the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed, we have launched the mobile application to help disseminate information to local government and primary health center. It is a decision tree mobile application for health workers.
“The mobile App will enable our health workers to easily do the risk assessment of patient at the Primary Health Center (PHC) before it escalates to the local government level,” she said.
Members of the public were advised to stay calm and maintain their personal hygiene as the state works hard to be on top of every situation.
