How Mobile Technology Can Be Used to Develop Real-Time Animal Disease Surveillance in Indonesia?

摘要

Setting up a real-time early warning system based on animal disease surveillance in Indonesia is difficult, since Indonesia is a vast archipelago with many islands. Mobile technology offers new opportunities for disease reporting. However, the development of mobile technology for animal disease surveillance has no roadmap to develop its information technology framework. This paper aims to present a conceptual framework of a mobile smartphone-based frontline surveillance system development in Indonesia. The framework included assistance in data collection for increasing the quality of animal disease surveillance reports. This paper described possible new technologies using the participatory approach. The overview of the best practices of animal surveillance programs implemented by the Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Indonesia Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) was given comprehensive suggestions for future development. The roadmap of animal disease surveillance development shows the sustainability potential of mobile technology-based for animal disease surveillance in Indonesia. The development of human resources and increased communication between stakeholders were important for successful implementation. This paper can be seen as guidance to the animal disease early warning system in Indonesia.