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Long Term Care

How do we provide support for families with members at risk or already suffering with chronic effects of Zika, like Microcephaly?

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The Zika outbreak has created a surge of chronic conditions that calls for new investments in monitoring, diagnosis, and treatment.

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION

The problems have been fleshed out into a briefing designed to describe the root causes of the problem, current approaches in different countries, and lessons learned from other domains.

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Establish online support communities

Use online support communities akin to Patients Like Me to provide patient-to-patient support

Timeframe
Resources: Moderate Investment ($100k-$500k)
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Resource Offset: Research suggests that peer to peer support reduces hospitalizations and ER visits

Contacts

Anita McGahan, University of Toronto

Use SMS-based long-term care

Develop 2-way SMS-based support systems like Text4Baby to provide long-term medical care and support cost-effectively

Timeframe
Resources: Moderate Investment ($100k-$500k)
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Resource Offset: Text messages can be donated or purchased in bulk; open source platform like RapidPro can safe software costs; long term savings derive from reduced hospitalizations

Contacts

Alejandra Ruiz del Rio Prieto and Eduardo Clark, Prospera Digital (Presidencia de Mexico)

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