Sormas - Outbreak management and analysis system

This compendium, prepared by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), aims to capture emerging trends in digital responses of UN Member States against the COVID-19 pandemic along with other digital government initiatives and provide a preliminary analysis of their main features. These cases are shared for exchange of information so that Member States can learn from each other and possibly create new partnerships.

The Fijian Government through its Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MOHMS) has implemented the Surveillance Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System (SORMAS). It is an eHealth System that processes outbreak data, which enables early detection through real-time digital surveillance including peripheral health care facilities and laboratories. This system was procured from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research. It has been in operation since mid-March and has greatly enhanced the MOHMS in its management and analysis of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Country

Fiji

Institution

Ministry of Health & Medical Services (MOHMS)