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TRACE
Esri Federal GIS Conference 2020
Tracking with Recency Assays to Control the Epidemic
WELCOME
Phil Satlof
Program Manager
Specialty in health-related GIS
Shannon Lindsay
Power BI Developer
Specialty in health analytics
using Microsoft Power BI
BLUE RASTER
< Experts in mapping solutions and data analysis >
• Specialists in GIS, web
application development, and
business intelligence
• Small business formed in 2002
• Esri Partner 17+ Years
• Headquarters in Arlington, VA
with clients worldwide
The TRACE Initiative
• PEPFAR funded through CDC
• Implemented by UCSF and
Columbia University
• Supporting implementation of
rapid testing for recent HIV
infections
• Using real-time data to identify
hot spots of current HIV
transmission
Institute for
Global Health
Sciences
Detect
Characterize
Monitor
Intervene
Fewer than
200,000 new
HIV infections
annually
28 million
HIV
infections
averted with
ART
Aware of their HIV
status
On HIV treatment Virally Suppressed
Data Source: UNAIDS 2017
Graphic Adapted from: www.avert.org
Building Capacity in Eswatini
Power BI
• Data is shaped and
transformed in Power BI
Desktop and published
to the Power BI service,
where users consume
data side-by-side with
Esri ArcGIS Online
analytics
Desktop Application
Web Service
Power BI
Using Real-Time Data
Standardized data dashboard enabling countries to
identify and describe clusters of recent HIV infections
Used to tailor efforts to halt ongoing transmission
Using Real-Time Data
DEMO LIVE DASHBOARD!
THANK YOU & QUESTIONS
Phil Satlof & Shannon Lindsay
psatlof@blueraster.com | slindsay@blueraster.com
www.blueraster.com | www.trace-recency.org
trace-recency.org/example-dashboard