A network of technology professionals from the Ethiopian Diaspora - known as the Ethiopia COVID-19 Response Team - has been assisting the Ethiopian Ministry of Health since the nation’s first Coronavirus case was confirmed on March 13th. The COVID-19 Response Team has since grown into an army of more than a thousand volunteers. Mike Endale, a software developer based in Washington, D.C., is the main person behind the launch of this project. In a recent interview Mike told Tadias that the COVID-19 Response Team comprises of “software engineers, machine learning experts, doctors and engineers who are coming together to create capacity for the Ministry of Health in Ethiopia." Mike describes their primary aim as assisting to gather, interpret and disseminate information in real time in a manner that's helpful for public health officials as well as policy makers in order to make well-informed decisions that impacts the lives of millions of people.
8 апр 2020
