Scientists from IBM are working together with Johns Hopkins University and University of California, San Francisco to combat illness and infectious diseases in real-time with smarter data tools for public health. Recently, they released this infographic that shows how big data can help contain global outbreaks of dengue fever and malaria by applying the latest analytic models, computing technology and mathematical skills on an open-source framework. With Dengue fever having spread to over 100 countries and Malaria still causing 1 million annual deaths, there is a world to win. Big data can help in predicting outbreaks and saving lives.
Using Big Data To Predict Dengue Fever And Malaria Outbreaks – Infographic
