The Covid-19 pandemic is a rapidly growing public health crisis that has to be managed at multiple levels, ranging from the individual, to the community and the society. In order to do this effectively access to accurate, and updated information is needed.
However, in building a data management system that captures this data, care should be taken to ensure that :-
- The data that is being made available is relevant and useful to those audiences that need it.
- The data is controlled so that only the relevant audiences have access to it and this access is audited regularly.
- The data is securely stored with appropriate mechanisms to ensure it can be restored in the event of data loss.
- The data that is stored is consistent and of high quality in order to be useful for various data analysis.
- Meets the regulatory and privacy requirements of the society whose data is being captured.