OutbreakWatch
Community Health Early Warning System
A mobile-first, offline-ready platform empowering frontline health workers and communities to detect, report, and respond to disease outbreaks — before it's too late.
A mobile-first, offline-ready platform empowering frontline health workers and communities to detect, report, and respond to disease outbreaks — before it's too late.
Core Capabilities
Designed for low-resource environments — no server required, works offline, free to use.
Works as a Progressive Web App — installable on any device, functional even without an internet connection.
Community members and health workers submit reports through a fast, easy-to-use symptom form.
The system detects suspicious patterns and surfaces alerts with severity scores to help prioritize response.
Charts and tables make it easy to spot trends in symptoms, care-seeking behavior, and case severity.
Easily deployable across regions or institutions with minimal configuration — built for global applicability.
No personal data collected. All reports are anonymous. Community intelligence, not surveillance.
How It Works
Health workers or residents submit symptom reports via the mobile-friendly form.
Reports are stored securely and aggregated by zone, symptom type, and date.
The system monitors trends and flags clusters that exceed alert thresholds.
Decision-makers see live alerts and dashboards to guide rapid response.
Start reporting symptoms or view live outbreak alerts in your area.
DEVELOPED BY
MBBS · MCGP · MSc Biomedical Informatics · MD Trainee, Health Informatics
PGIM, University of Colombo · Sri Lanka
Medical doctor and health informatician with 20+ years of clinical practice in Sri Lanka. OutbreakWatch was built from first-hand experience working in rural health settings where early outbreak detection can be the difference between containment and crisis. Part of a portfolio of 8 digital public health tools.