Tataafo a social media/web mining platform for demand generation and routine monitoring of immunization coverage
Mined social data on immunization and occurrence of vaccine preventable diseases will generate information trends for improvement & learning
Describe what you intend to do and how you'll do it in one sentence (required 250 Characters)
Savannah Health Innovations System aims to use Tataafo a cloud-based platform to mine social data on immunization coverage and occurrence of vaccine preventable diseases and utilize mined information trends for improvement & learningExplain the idea (less than 2,000 characters)


Which part(s) of the world does this idea target?
- Western Africa
Geographic Focus (less than 250 Characters)
This is a community level intervention that targets all communities in Nigeria based on wide acceptance and use of social media as a platform for daily real time interactionWho are your end users and how well do you know them? (750 characters)
Social media websites are increasingly being utilized by the public as a platform for expressing health concerns and discuss contentious public health issues. Users translates to all Nigerians who utilize internet and social media and are caregivers. We have leveraged deployment of Tataafo at NCDC to surveil for epidemic prone diseases thereby facilitating early detection, prevention and response to diseases. Our experience with Tataafo makes the end users well known to us having had to create multiple two-way interactive platform in response to results generated by Tataafo, solicitation of public opinions through polls and surveys and health promotion using same platformHow is the idea unique? (750 Characters)
This platform is uniquely leveraging sustainable daily human-machine interactions using social media as a low-cost approach of reaching out to a lot of people. Unlike other existing mining platforms, we will configure this to retrieve trending information utilizing local keywords used at site searches for immunization and vaccine preventable disease occurrence. The follow up targeted social media blast as an intervention and feedback based on analyzed results of mined social data coupled with online surveys for improvements by users/bloggers are also unique. Successful roll out is anticipated with our experience on Tataafo for NCDC, in-house epidemiology and informatics team which will be leveraged for this project through the NPHCDAIdea Proposal Stage (Select 1)
- Early Adoption: We have completed a pilot and analyzed the impact of that pilot on the intended users of the idea. I have proof of user uptake (i.e. 16% to 49% of the target population or 1,000 to 50,000 users).
How many months are required for the project idea? (140 characters)
It will take 3 months to enhance Tataafo for deployment, while the desired impact will be measured on an ongoing basis over 12 monthsOrganization Name (less than 140 characters)
Savannah Health Innovation Systems Limited (SHISL)Type of Submitter
- We are a Private Sector Corporation
Organizational Characteristics
- Female-led organization
- Indigenous-led organization
- Youth-led organization
Organization Location (less than 140 Characters)
Savannah Health Innovation Systems is at Suite 213, The Ruby Centre, Plot 762 Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse II Abuja NigeriaWhat is the current scale of your organization’s work?
- National (expansive reach within one country)
Website URL
http://savannahinnovations.com/Tell us more about your organization/company (1-2 sentences)
Savannah Health Innovation Systems Limited is a creative systems product development company focused on delivering creative and bespoke services to its client as exemplified by use of technology to improve public health programs in Nigeria. The project is founded on our locally responsive and collaborative approach to providing solutions; and commitment to integrating end users into all stages of the product development and utilization cycle.Who will work alongside your organization in the project idea? (750 characters)
SHISL will work alongside NPHCDA, NCDC where Tataafo is already in place as a event-based surveillance platform and its technical partner Georgetown University. Our approach to government engagement entails startup meeting to sensitize them on the benefits of adopting such platform, ensuring inclusion in the requirement sessions, hosting the platform within their government data centers in addition to having a resident member of the team onsite and joint management of the platform including the feedback mechanisms. This process of engagement will facilitate securing of their buy-in and creation of a framework for Tataafo’s sustainabilityHow many people are on your team?
6Tell us more about you and your team
SHISL prioritizes provision of technology-based solutions that improve system development, tackle problems and improve efficiency. The team’s diversity and experience working in public health field in Nigeria through the government entities makes the team a perfect fit for purpose. SHISL will work with these entities to facilitate engagements, requirement gathering and implementation of the project. SHISL has Public Health Specialists Mercy Niyang who implements simple sustainable strategies using various quality improvement approaches to address public health problems, Winifred Ukponu currently leading case management for epidemic prone diseases at NCDC and Adachioma Ihueze currently driving Tataafo as event-based surveillance at NCDC. They will participate in the requirement gathering and drive the data analysis and use. The Health Informatics team of Charles Ogbonna, Emeka Madubuko and Arinze Eze will lead the requirement gathering session and the Tataafo enhancementsOverview of How Your Concept Has Evolved (5-6 sentences):

Viability (3-4 sentences and activity upload):
https://canvanizer.com/canvas/rgFDK8tBHxhCZ. Tafaafo has been effective in preventing outbreak through early identification, facilitating rapid response and also manage health rumors on social media. It is our expectation based on similar roll out with NCDC that NPHCDA as part of ownership will provide staff that will be mentored to maintain it since it will be hosted with them in addition to other partners providing input into information to be shared with the public as part of intervention. Being a technologically driven platform hosted on the web with a one-off setup cost that derives its information source from passive social media users, cost volatility is unlikely while staff necessary to maintain it are government employeesFeasibility (3-4 sentences):
Tataafo as deployed at the NCDC is highly sensitive as its social media data has correlated well with outbreaks. The platform is intuitive in tracking the spread of epidemic prone diseases as inputs helps to establish the pattern of spread. The interaction with the public has increased both their awareness and reporting of public health events that are unreported. Its’s integration into the routine surveillance has fostered collaborations between organizations in their joint efforts to reduce epidemic prone diseases outbreaks which will be leveraged to increase immunization uptake and coverageDesirability (3-4 sentences and activity upload):

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