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From satellite to bedside in under three minutes.
A scalable solution for glacier-dependent regions. CryoHealth fuses near-real-time glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) intelligence with an offline AI health assistant — built for community health workers across Gilgit Baltistan and the wider Hindu Kush–Himalaya.
- Lead-time goal
- < 3 min
- Region
- HKH
- License
- MIT
The challenge
Two crises, one mountain valley.
More than 3,000 glacial lakes in Pakistan’s north now threaten downstream communities as the cryosphere thaws. When a moraine fails, villages have minutes — not hours — to evacuate. At the same time, the nearest doctor can be a day’s walk away, and connectivity is unreliable.
recorded across Gilgit Baltistan in the last two decades.
people in mountain districts — often offline.
How it works
One pipeline. Satellite → SMS → CHW.
Each layer is designed to keep working when bandwidth, electricity, or roads do not.
Pipeline
- 01
Satellite watch
Sentinel-1/2 and MODIS imagery monitor glacial lakes daily. ML scores each lake by tier.
- 02
Tiered alerts
Tiered WATCH → HIGH → CRITICAL alerts (NDMA-compatible) trigger automatic notifications.
- 03
Last-mile delivery
SMS, radio, and PWA push reach CHWs and village focal points within minutes.
- 04
Offline AI care
A local model guides triage, drug dosing, and referrals — works without internet.
What’s inside
Built for the people closest to the risk.
Hazard map
Interactive map of glaciers, lakes, and downstream facilities with live risk tiers.
Open hazard mapAlerts feed
Chronological feed of hazard alerts with estimated impact windows and downstream populations.
View alertsOpen data API
Public read-only endpoints for lakes, alerts, and KPIs — anyone can build on it.
Read API docsCHW workspace
Lightweight case capture, offline-first, with role-based access for community health workers.
CHW sign-inAdmin controls
For CryoHealth admins and facility admins: inventory, role management, and audit-ready data.
Admin panelBilingual UI
English and Urdu interface, designed for low-bandwidth devices used in the field.
Get started
Pick the path that matches your role.
Explore the platform
- 1Open the live dashboard for current risk overview.
- 2Browse the hazard map and recent alerts.
- 3Query the open data API for research or journalism.
Triage cases offline
- 1Sign in with your CHW account.
- 2Capture cases in the field — syncs when online.
- 3Use the AI assistant for triage and dosing guidance.
Coordinate response
- 1Sign in with the cryohealth_admin or facility_admin role.
- 2Manage glacier and lake inventory.
- 3Issue alerts and monitor downstream impact.
Open source
Built in the open. Free to fork.
CryoHealth is released under the MIT License. Code, schema, and seed data are public so partners, researchers, and community health programs can audit, fork, and deploy the platform in their own valley. Contributions and funding partners are warmly welcomed.