Sahana VITA (Victim Identification and Tracking)

This page was formerly entitled “FM/DVI Module - Fatality Management and Disaster Victim Identification”.

Authors: Dominic - dominic [at] nursix [dot] org, Khushbu - khushi [dot] pk at gmail [dot] com

Sahana-VITA is a collection of modules/services to support workflow organization and data management in the identification, tracking and tracing and the investigation of death of victims after a disaster.

Main components:

• Case Management
• Person Registry
• Missing Person Registry
• Management of Dead Bodies
• Management of Evidence Items
• Tracking and Tracing
• Recognition and Identification

Sahana-VITA is based on Sahanapy (using the web2py framework).

• ICRC/WHO/PAHO : Management of Dead Bodies After Disasters - Field Manual for First Reponders
• PAHO/WHO Disaster Manuals and Guidelines: Management of Dead Bodies in Disaster Situations
• INTERPOL: Forms for Disaster Victim Identification
• INTERPOL: Disaster Victim Identification Guide
• www.plass.dk: Introduction into DVI System International
• DMORT: VIP Forms ZIP-file with PDF Forms

• INTERPOL New DVI Guide

• Development (GSoC 2009 Project)

• Pre-Development:
  • Domain Ontology
  • ER Modelling
  • API's Design
  • Use-Case Research, Application Design

• Initial Development:
  • Tagging and Tracing
  • Process Integration (Workflow Engine)
  • Individual Services/Reports
  • Report Aggregation
  • Images and Documents
  • Identification

• Improvements
  • Statistics
  • Mapping
  • Data Import/Export

• Class Tree
• OWL Source

• Overview
• Tagging and Tracing Details