{"id":10015,"date":"2020-10-06T09:44:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T14:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/?p=10015"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:24:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:24:41","slug":"balance-y-retos-del-uso-de-app-de-trazabilidad-de-contactos-en-uruguay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/plataformas-digitales\/balance-y-retos-del-uso-de-app-de-trazabilidad-de-contactos-en-uruguay\/","title":{"rendered":"Balance and challenges of using contact traceability app in Uruguay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Uruguay is the only country in the region that has adopted and created an app based on contact tracking technology developed by Google and Apple.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Governments around the world have found in digital technologies various useful tools for data management during the pandemic, to stop the spread of the virus in some way, or to track patients infected in isolation, among others.\u00a0<\/p>

In Latin America, several countries have developed applications related to coronavirus, Uruguay has been one of those countries, however, its case is particular, since its Coronavirus UY application, was updated for the implementation of Google and Apple's contact traceability technology.<\/p>

From the beginning of the pandemic, Uruguay, adopted a series of strategies to<\/a> contain the advance of the virus. First with the establishment of the Committee of Scientific Experts on Crisis Management in March and later in April the establishment of the Honorary Scientific Advisory Group, which was divided into two main groups, one of them Mobility and Apps, from which its application for COVID-19 is released, through which data were used for epidemiological surveillance reviewing mobility trends among the population and through the traceability of contacts sought to identify and notify users when they have been close to a patient with possible infection.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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In addition to Uruguay, Switzerland and Germany have also pioneered adapting their applications to this technology. Switzerland has a population of less than nine million people, and Germany with a population of more than 80 million, data that can be considered useful in measuring the effectiveness and need to apply such technologies on mobile phones in order to curb infections.<\/p>

The Coronavirus UY application was originally created to distribute information about the virus, and allowed users to perform self-assessments and symptom checking. The pandemic led the government to implement as many measures as possible to prevent mass infections, which in a country with less than four million inhabitants would have been catastrophic.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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However, although government strategies generally led to a favorable outcome (2,061 total cases and 48 deaths as of October 2, 2020), there are challenges that need to be solved, specifically in legislation and regulations on the development of health-focused mobile applications.<\/p>

Fabrizio Scrollini, Javier Baliosian, Lorena Etcheverry, Guillermo Monecchi, a group of experts in data, transparency and technology, raised the following questions regarding how the government manages application transparency and how applications can improve in aspects of data protection and transparency:<\/p>

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  1. Utility<\/strong>: Is the app going to contribute to existing epidemiological surveillance mechanisms? If so, how exactly will this happen in each particular context?<\/li>
  2. Compatibility with legal frameworks and principles: <\/strong>To what extent does the app protect or compromise human rights like privacy and freedom of movement? What kind of liability are governments, developers, and global firms assuming? Are these provisions compatible with the prevailing constitutional framework?<\/li>
  3. Implementation and monitoring: <\/strong>What capacities do governments and local firms have in place or need to develop in order to effectively monitor how the app is being used?<\/li>
  4. Ongoing evaluation: <\/strong>What institutional mechanisms and methodologies will be required to evaluate and govern the implementation of alert-exposure applications?<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

    https:\/\/blogs.lse.ac.uk\/latamcaribbean\/2020\/08\/26\/uruguays-covid-19-contact-tracing-app-reveals-the-growing-importance-of-data-governance-frameworks\/<\/a><\/p>

    COVID GUIDE<\/strong><\/p>

    https:\/\/guiad-covid.github.io\/publication\/nota6\/<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Uruguay es el \u00fanico pa\u00eds en la regi\u00f3n que ha adoptado y creado una aplicaci\u00f3n tomando como base la tecnolog\u00eda de rastreo de contactos desarrollada por Google y Apple. Los gobiernos alrededor del mundo han encontrado en las tecnolog\u00edas digitales diversas herramientas \u00fatiles para la gesti\u00f3n de datos durante la pandemia, para detener de alguna forma la propagaci\u00f3n del virus o para brindar seguimiento a pacientes contagiados en aislamiento, entre otras.\u00a0 En Latinoam\u00e9rica, varios pa\u00edses han desarrollado aplicaciones relacionadas al coronavirus, Uruguay ha sido uno de esos pa\u00edses, sin embargo, su caso es particular, ya que su aplicaci\u00f3n Coronavirus UY, fue actualizada para la implementaci\u00f3n de la tecnolog\u00eda de trazabilidad de contactos de Google y Apple. Desde el inicio de la pandemia, Uruguay, adopt\u00f3 una serie de estrategias para contener el avance del virus. Primero con la creaci\u00f3n del Comit\u00e9 de Expertos Cient\u00edficos en Gesti\u00f3n de la Crisis en marzo y posteriormente en abril la creaci\u00f3n del Grupo Asesor Cient\u00edfico Honorario, \u00a0que se dividi\u00f3 en dos grupos principales, uno de ellos Movilidad y Apps, del que se desprende su aplicaci\u00f3n destinada a COVID-19, mediante la cual se utilizaron datos para la vigilancia epidemiol\u00f3gica revisando las tendencias de movilidad entre la poblaci\u00f3n y mediante la trazabilidad de contactos buscaron identificar y notificar a los usuarios cuando han estado cerca de alg\u00fan paciente con posible contagio. Adem\u00e1s de Uruguay, Suiza y Alemania tambi\u00e9n han sido pioneros en adaptar sus aplicaciones a esta tecnolog\u00eda. Suiza tiene una poblaci\u00f3n de menos de nueve millones de personas, y Alemania con una poblaci\u00f3n que rebasa los 80 millones de habitantes, datos que pueden considerarse \u00fatiles para medir la efectividad y la necesidad de aplicar esta clase de tecnolog\u00edas en tel\u00e9fonos m\u00f3viles con fin de frenar los contagios. La aplicaci\u00f3n Coronavirus UY, fue creada originalmente para distribuir informaci\u00f3n sobre el virus, adem\u00e1s permit\u00eda a los usuarios realizar autoevaluaciones e informar sobre los s\u00edntomas. La pandemia orillo al gobierno a implementar la mayor cantidad de medidas posibles para evitar contagios masivos, que en un pa\u00eds con menos de cuatro millones de habitantes habr\u00eda resultado catastr\u00f3fico. Sin embargo, a pesar de que en general las estrategias del gobierno condujeron a un resultado favorable (2,061 casos totales y 48 defunciones al 2 de octubre de 2020), existen retos que deben ser resueltos, concretamente en la legislaci\u00f3n y las regulaciones sobre el desarrollo de aplicaciones m\u00f3viles enfocadas en salud. Fabrizio Scrollini, Javier Baliosian, Lorena Etcheverry, Guillermo Monecchi un grupo de expertos en datos, transparencia y tecnolog\u00eda, plante\u00f3 las siguientes preguntas en relaci\u00f3n a c\u00f3mo el gobierno gestiona la transparencia de las aplicaciones y c\u00f3mo estas pueden mejorar en aspectos de protecci\u00f3n de datos y transparencia: \u00a0 Utilidad: \u00bfLa aplicaci\u00f3n contribuir\u00e1 a los mecanismos de vigilancia epidemiol\u00f3gica existentes?\u00a0Si es as\u00ed, \u00bfc\u00f3mo suceder\u00e1 exactamente esto en cada contexto particular? Compatibilidad con los marcos y principios legales: \u00bfEn qu\u00e9 medida la aplicaci\u00f3n protege o compromete los derechos humanos como la privacidad y la libertad de movimiento?\u00a0\u00bfQu\u00e9 tipo de responsabilidad est\u00e1n asumiendo los gobiernos, los desarrolladores y las empresas globales?\u00a0\u00bfSon estas disposiciones compatibles con el marco constitucional vigente? Implementaci\u00f3n y monitoreo: \u00bfQu\u00e9 capacidades tienen los gobiernos y las empresas locales establecidas o necesitan desarrollar para monitorear de manera efectiva c\u00f3mo se usa la aplicaci\u00f3n? Evaluaci\u00f3n continua: \u00bfQu\u00e9 mecanismos y metodolog\u00edas institucionales se requerir\u00e1n para evaluar y gobernar la implementaci\u00f3n de aplicaciones de alerta-exposici\u00f3n? BIBLIOGRAF\u00cdA LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS \u00a0\u00a0 https:\/\/blogs.lse.ac.uk\/latamcaribbean\/2020\/08\/26\/uruguays-covid-19-contact-tracing-app-reveals-the-growing-importance-of-data-governance-frameworks\/ GU\u00cdAD COVID https:\/\/guiad-covid.github.io\/publication\/nota6\/<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,153],"tags":[145],"class_list":["post-10015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comunidades-conectadas","category-plataformas-digitales","tag-noticias"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}