Precision Health - Bangalore Response

Precision Pandemic Health Surveillance in Bangalore

#COVIDActionCollab Initiative

Integrated Environment Surveillance Initiative in Bangalore

Environment Surveillance initiative in Bangalore involves systematic and regular testing of the city wastewater to detect the presence of degraded SARS-CoV-2 RNA. The samples are regularly collected from open drains and sewersheds. The the results are shared on our public dashboard as well as through the platform's  Twitter  handle

As of August 2022, the initiative has also started to test the wastewater for presence of virus causing Influenza A, Influenza B, H1N1, Mpox along with degraded SARS-CoV-2 RNA.

This effort is possible through strong inter-agency collaboration between Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), and other partners.

In Bangalore, the platform is supporting city local administrative bodies (BBMP & BWSSB) through the expertise of the following partner organizations

Wastewater Viral Load Trends

Increasing (circle): Viral load either increased by 40% or more from last week, or increased by 25% or more for the last two weeks.

No Change (circle): Viral load did not change or the changes did not meet the criteria for Increasing or Decreasing status.

Decreasing (inverted triangle): Viral load decreased by three consecutive ≥25% decreases or ≥30% decreases in two of the previous three weeks.

Consistent 0 viral load or negative result (circle): The samples of a site showing negative results, consecutively 5 times or more

Data Dashboards

Check out the dashboards below for viral load and city-wide positivity rates

Precision Pandemic Surveillance Dashboard 1

Precision Pandemic Surveillance Dashboard 2

Integrated Disease Surveillance

Integrated Disease Surveillance

COVID-19 Genome Sequencing & Variant Surveillance

COVID-19 Genome Sequencing & Variant Surveillance

Images from the field and lab

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Precision Health - Our Journey in Bangalore

Precision Health | A #COVIDActionCollab Initiative

Media Communications Policy

Precision Health - Media Policy.pdf

Partners

Connect with us

For more information about the platform, please contact Shirish Harshe at shirish@catalysts.org or reach out to us on  Twitter 

This initiative is part of Precision Health and is possible with the urgent attention and kind contribution of the Skoll Foundation

Disclaimer: This story map is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The #COVIDActionCollab partnership is supported by USAID/India Health Office, under Cooperative Agreement # 72038620C00001 with Catalyst Management Services. The information provided on this story map is not official U.S. Government information and does not necessarily represent the views or positions of USAID, the United States Government, or Catalyst Management Services.