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“The challenge was to build a team that will encompass the data pipeline, from the data source to analysis to visualization,” said Ma. Regina Justina E. Estuar, an information systems and computer science professor at Ateneo De Manila University and the team leader of FASSSTER , a disease surveillance and modeling platform., the FASSSTER team — initially formed to address dengue, measles, and typhoid — was mobilized by the Department of Health during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Reinabelle C. Reyes, senior data scientist at Pintig Lab under the United Nations Development Program, added that data science and analytics should be applied to solve developmental problems. Pintig Lab monitors and tracks the COVID-19 pandemic and provides data-driven support to DoH and other agencies in their response and recovery efforts.
“We scoured the internet for algorithms. We created one and then presented it to DoH and then soon after there was a memorandum. It all happened so fast,” Ms. Motilla said. “There were so many stakeholders and we felt maybe we’re too small for this.”
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