Evaluating citizens’ opinions on the effectiveness of the current covid-19 vaccination system in Nepal | |
| Author | Rajkarnikar, Urusha |
| Call Number | AIT RSPR no.IM-21-05 |
| Subject(s) | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020---Nepal COVID-19 (Disease)--Vaccination--Nepal Web applications--Development |
| Note | A research submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Information Management |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | COVID-19 has now become a global pandemic as a result of its high transmissibility, changing nature, and lack of effective medicines. Countries all across the world have used a number of tactics, tools, and techniques to contain and mitigate its effects, with varying degrees of success. However, mass vaccination is the most efficient way to prevent COVID-19. As a result, various countries have successfully researched and manufactured a variety of vaccines to protect their citizens. Hence, the vaccination drive was also started in Nepal from January, 2021 making it one of the first countries in South Asia to begin vaccination programs against COVID-19. However, it has yet to achieve its aim of vaccinating at least 70% of its citizens due to a lack of viable digital technologies and their proper deployment on a nationwide basis. The major objective of this research is to learn what citizens think about the current vaccination campaign and to provide an alternative, digital technology (i.e. a mobile application) to address the prevailing challenges and achieve the goal more efficiently. There are three stages to our research study. The first phase consisted of conducting a survey among Nepalese individuals aged 18 to 60 and analyzing the data in order to identify the major challenges which were lack of adherence to Covid-19 health protocols in the vaccine centers, need to stay in long queues for hours without any guarantee of receiving the vaccines, improper distribution of vaccine schedules and to understand unmet requirements which were user pre-registration, searching vaccine availability on the basis of location, age range and vaccine type, advance booking of appointments for vaccinations. Following that, in the second phase, we firstly looked at the workflow of the present ongoing vaccination system to obtain a general concept of how it works. Then after that, we began the system design for the new proposed system, keeping in mind all of the given requirements and the required features. And lastly, a prototype application was implemented to demonstrate the concept and functionality. In the final phase, the application was tested thoroughly by students, IT consultants, health workers and government employees, and feedback was collected. After using the vaccination system, all of the users gave it a favorable response. Though they suggested some adjustments for the upgraded version, they were content to check it out. Overall, this can assist the government in better understanding the wants and needs of citizens in order to develop a better Covid-19 vaccination system. |
| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Research Study Project Report (RSPR) |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology |
| Department | Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Information Management (IM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Vatcharapon Esichaikul |
| Examination Committee(s) | Chutiporn Anutariya;Chaklam Silpasuwanchai |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | AIT Partial Scholarship |
| Degree | Research studies project report (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2021 |