Dangy
| Group Members |
Ang Kah Eng
Jerry Obadiah Tohvan
Tan Kai Xiang, Terence
| Project Motivation |
Dengue fever has for centuries been a prominent epidemic disease that plagued humanity. While normal dengue infections take approximately a week to recover, complications like dengue haemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome can be extremely severe, causing death. Today, even with our advanced healthcare and technology, there remains no proper cure or vaccine to combat the disease. This has allowed dengue fever to stay rampant in both developed and developing countries.
Consider Taiwan, a country that has proven itself through its evident economic growth and development. Even with healthcare services that meets international standards, Taiwan continue to stay susceptible to dengue fever. In fact, One of Taiwan’s health catastrophe was the 2015 dengue outbreak. From 2015 to 2016, there were 15,732 DF cases reported. Then, amongst the reported cases, 136 of them resulted in dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF), of which 20 patients died.
We can see that dengue fever cannot be underestimated. Like any other epidemical diseases, it can have a ripple‐effect on its transmission resulting to an exponential increase of cases. Maintenance and prevention should always be done in order to reduce the possibility of its spread. This is especially so, considering how there are no vaccine or specific therapy for dengue fever. This leaves us with implementing effective control measures to combat the disease, which is what this study is about: to find potential areas where control measures can be implemented.
| Data Sources |
| Data | Source | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Taiwan Dengues Statistics (# Cases by Region): | cdc.gov | |
| Taiwan Dengue Demographics (Age, County, Gender, Date): | cdc.gov | |
| Taiwan Hospitals dealing Dengue Cases | cdc.gov | |
| Taiwan Population Density | data.gov.tw | |
| Taiwan Gender Statistics | data.gov.tw | |
| Taiwan Water Protection Areas | data.gov.tw | |
| River Basin Range Map | data.gov.tw | |
| Taiwan Industrial Map | data.gov.tw | |
| Taiwan Weather and Climate Data | timeanddate.com |
| Project Description |
This project will develop an analytical solution that supports the study of dengue fever in Taiwan and similar states. The tool will offer historical data of various types for users to visualize and conduct statistical computation with. These data includes demographic spread, population density, weather and climate and dengue-prone locations such as water protection areas and industrial district. Through this, the tool will empower users to analyse the disease quickly and offer insight for authorities to take appropriate measure to prevent the breeding of dengue.
The project will also provide an analysis discussing the possible reasons influencing the spread of dengue across Taiwan using the developed tool. Through identifying hotspots and studying the transmission of dengue over time, this project will help us better understand patterns and discover strategies on how to curb with epidemics in future & steps to prevent Dengue in Taiwan and similar states.
| Project Timeline |
