Software Application Profile: A real-time surveillance system for monitoring heat exposure and its health impacts - presenting the Rio de Janeiro Heat Dashboard
- 1Escola Nacional de Saude Publica Sergio Arouca
Abstract
MotivationWith the scaling frequency and intensity of extreme heat events across the globe, it is critical for public institutions to develop early detection systems and continuous monitoring of these events and their impacts. In Brazil, Rio de Janeiro was the first city to publish its heat protocol, with the Rio Heat Dashboard as a central component of this system.
ImplementationThe dashboard was implemented using R/Shiny and integrates climatic and health data from multiple sources.
General featuresThe application comprises real-time heat exposure monitoring and automatic alert level classification, which is monitored daily by multiple municipal actors and supports activation of actions specified in the heat protocol. It also features a health impact module, which lists each heat event and its impact on mortality, and primary care and emergency visits.
AvailabilityThe source for full reproducibility is available through https://github.com/joaohmorais/RioHeatDashboard.
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BibTeX
@misc{morais2026software,
title = {{Software Application Profile: A real-time surveillance system for monitoring heat exposure and its health impacts - presenting the Rio de Janeiro Heat Dashboard}},
author = {J. H. de Araujo Morais and C. Dias Ferreira and V. Saraceni and D. Medeiros de Oliveira Cruz and G. Mateus Oliveira Aguilar and O. G. Cruz},
howpublished = {medRxiv},
year = {2026},
month = aug,
doi = {10.64898/2026.08.26.26361449},
url = {https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.26.26361449v1},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Software Application Profile: A real-time surveillance system for monitoring heat exposure and its health impacts - presenting the Rio de Janeiro Heat Dashboard
AU - J. H. de Araujo Morais
AU - C. Dias Ferreira
AU - V. Saraceni
AU - D. Medeiros de Oliveira Cruz
AU - G. Mateus Oliveira Aguilar
AU - O. G. Cruz
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/08/26
PB - medRxiv
DO - 10.64898/2026.08.26.26361449
UR - https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.26.26361449v1
AB - MotivationWith the scaling frequency and intensity of extreme heat events across the globe, it is critical for public institutions to develop early detection systems and continuous monitoring of these events and their impacts. In Brazil, Rio de Janeiro was the first city to publish its heat protocol, with the Rio Heat Dashboard as a central component of this system. ImplementationThe dashboard was implemented using R/Shiny and integrates climatic and health data from multiple sources. General featuresThe application comprises real-time heat exposure monitoring and automatic alert level classification, which is monitored daily by multiple municipal actors and supports activation of actions specified in the heat protocol. It also features a health impact module, which lists each heat event and its impact on mortality, and primary care and emergency visits. AvailabilityThe source for full reproducibility is available through https://github.com/joaohmorais/RioHeatDashboard.
ER -