Information Systems

Stability, Efficiency, and Flexibility

Information systems for malaria are developed around malaria surveillance, malaria research data, and analysis that is repeated on schedule to suit the needs of malaria progams. The updating schedule is designed for outbreak detection and response, monitoring and evaluation, and strategic planning for malaria control and elimination. The expectation that malaria analysis will be iterated calls for development of information systems that designed around the needs of a professional malaria analyst. Such systems will tend to differ from the kinds of analysis done by academics.

Data systems for malaria analysis must be stable and routinely updated. The stability makes it possible to develop stable, version-controlled algorithms and to conduct routine tasks that can be critically reviewed and revised as malaria information or the needs of a malaria program dictate.