A Project Report on

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INTRODUCTION:

In the aftermath of the Indian Ocean Tsunami in December 2004, aid was flowing in from all quarters. However, as in every disaster situation, the relief material and services supplied were based on the best judgment of the donors and a lot of such material supplied, were not what the beneficiaries required. The picture shows clothes received from all over the world lying waste.

Challenge Overview

The challenge was to bring in a paradigm shift in the way disaster relief is managed, by assessing the requirements in real-time, managing the supply of goods and coordinating the efforts of over 400 donors agencies in delivering goods and services effectively.

We had been able to bring in a paradigm shift is disaster relief during the Indian Ocean Tsunami Relief phase. The Government and the NGOs requested us to continue helping them in the “Rehabilitation Phase”. Click here (Demand Based Relief) for article on earlier work.

As we see it, the most important challenge in Rehabilitation is to provide equitable assistance to the affected population. No one should receive any special treatment and more importantly no one must be ignored. After discussion, we were of the opinion that this was possible by bringing in transparency to the operations and accessibility to the entire affected population.

This meant that even the weakest among the affected should be able to receive communication from the Government and aid agencies and she must be able to represent her case to the Government and Donor Agencies. In addition a monitoring mechanism must be put in place where it must be possible to see the status of assistance received by each individual.

Introduction

This webpage will host information about organizing IEEE Humanitarian Workshops, which is being spearheaded by IEEE GOLD. Here you will find reference manuals, upcoming planned meetings, and contacts which you can use to help you organize your own workshop if interested.

The first workshop was held at Boston University in Oct 2008. There is a video covering the event on IEEE.tv.

1.Name of College and Place: B. V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology, Vidyanagar, Hubli.

2.Department: Electronics and Communications Engineering

3.Names of students: Mr. Sagar Medikeri, Mr. Shravan Kemtur, Ms. Reshma Desai, Mr. Vikas Vaddin,

Challenge Overview

TB is a curable disease given the existence of effective drugs for treatment. However, the chance of cure is reduced when treatment starts at advanced stages of the disease and when the infection is caused by a type of TB resistant to the “first choice” of drugs for treatment. As such, the best strategy to stop the epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) is to isolate and treat infectious patients before they spread the disease.

The most common and transmissible form of TB is pulmonary TB. The diagnosis of pulmonary TB in Peru and most of the rest of the world relies on asking patients with clinical signs or those who have been exposed to the disease to provide two samples of sputum – the body fluid from the upper airways. Lab technicians then process the sample and look under a microscope for the presence of the infecting agent (Mycobacterium tuberculosis). In areas of highest incidence, like the laboratories of big hospitals or referral centers, this tedious task causes a bottleneck in both the diagnosis and treatment processes. This bottleneck is exacerbated by the need to continually test patient sputum samples and track the reduction of infecting agents as they go through treatment

IEEE GOLD Humanitarian Workshop 2008

Boston University, Boston MA, USA