WeTrace App | Public Institutions

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.

It was developed by a team of Cebuano IT experts and endorsed by Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia
A community tracker app that is specifically designed for COVID-19 contact tracing and can be downloaded into mobile phones to help the Department of Health (DOH) and other government agencies for easy tracking and monitoring of COVID-19 cases in Central Visayas.
The team is currently working with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Department of Health for this app to be used throughout the country.

Country

Philippines

Institution

Start-up company DXFORM INC led by Eddie Ybanez, Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), and Department of Health (DOH)