Farag Azzedin, Salahadin Mohammed, Jaweed Yazdani and Mustafa Ghaleb, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

This paper describes the design and development of a Disease Outbreak Notification System (DONS) in Saudi Arabia. The main function of DONS is to warn for potential outbreaks. A prototype of the DONS was implemented in a hybrid cloud environment as an online/real-time disease outbreak notification system. The system notifies experts of potential disease outbreaks of both pre-listed diseases and totally unknown diseases. The system only accepts cases from pre-registered sources. It is designed to also share information about disease outbreaks with international systems. As soon as the system detects a potential disease outbreak it notifies stakeholders and experts. The system takes feedback from experts to improve the disease detection capabilities and to adapt to new situations.

Disease Outbreak Notification System, Saudi Arabia, Prototype, Outbreak