Project scope

To develop a framework to quantify the risk for MERS during Hajj season in KSA through secondary research

Challenge

To develop a framework quantifying the risk for MERS during Hajj season in order to secure internal funding for public health awareness campaign

Solution

• Leveraged internal KSA MoH data assets and hospital data to quantify the extent of the MERS epidemic in KSA during the Hajj season
• Consolidated various data sources and assets to understand the volume of patients contracting MERS during the Hajj season
• Triangulated disparate data sources to ensure exhaustive and complete data calculations

Results

• Enabled our client to successfully quantify the number of patients contracting MERS in previous years to better project future numbers and thus appropriately forecast total cost and mortality rates
• Recommended public health campaign based on cost of campaign vs. cost to the healthcare system of a given number of patients