Inventory and Gap Analysis

The mobile app for invgap website.
General Description:
In August 2021, the first web-based equipment Inventory and Gap Analysis (IGA) application to help ease the burden on countries for collecting and analysing equipment inventory data. IGA needs a complementary mobile application that can run in smart phones and tablets and can be used to enter data, which can be processed using the web-based IGA application. This app is about gathering cold-chain equipment’s for vaccines in countries.
Our app is for the use of Ministries of Health is developing countries mainly those receive support from the Global Alliances for Vaccine Initiative. The app developed with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
IGA is recommended for collecting and analysing inventory of equipment and other non-consumable assets such as cold chain equipment, transport vehicles, temperature monitoring devices, power generators, computers and printers, incinerators, autoclaves, electrical equipment such as voltage regulator, and other auxiliary devices.
Permissions needed:
About the permissions needed by app, it needs camera permission to scan barcode of items such as refrigerators and freezers used for vaccine storage.
Also, it is used to register facilities location. So, when entering facility information, it needs access to the phone location.