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Mosquito-borne diseases like Zika have negatively affect the citizens of economically emerging countries. Nevertheless, the current public healthcare solutions are still insufficient to support either disease surveillance or control. The engagement of citizens in reporting mosquito breeding sites remains difficult, especially when constant reports are fundamental to guide health agents in preventing disease outbreaks. This paper introduces VazaZika: a software platform aimed to support the surveillance and control of mosquito-borne diseases. This platform is built upon a legacy platform called VazaDengue, introducing the idea of gamification, That is, through game elements and rules, VazaZika aims to make enjoyable and challenging the constant report of mosquito breeding sites. Citizens are continuously rewarded with points and badges as they perform tasks performed in the systems. They progress in levels that enable new tasks and jump in rankings according to the citizens' location. Citizens can also join teams to engage with challenges, which helps developing a sense of belonging and connection against the prevalence of mosquito breeding sites. This paper also reports the process of gamifying VazaDengue, as well as the VazaZika platform user interface and its conceptual model for supporting their reuse by other software engineers.
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Any questions and/or suggestions should be sent to the paper authors as follows.
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| 1 | Eduardo Fernandes | emfernandes@inf.puc-rio.br |
| 2 | Anderson Uchôa | auchoa@inf.puc-rio.br |
| 3 | Leonardo Sousa | lsousa@inf.puc-rio.br |
| 4 | Anderson Oliveira | aoliveira@inf.puc-rio.br |
| 5 | Rafael de Mello | rmaiani@inf.puc-rio.br |
| 6 | Luiz Paulo Barroca | luizpaulobarroca@gmail.com |
| 7 | Diogo Carvalho | diogofelipec@gmail.com |
| 8 | Alessandro Garcia | afgarcia@inf.puc-rio.br |
| 9 | Baldoino Fonseca | baldoino@ic.ufal.br |
| 10 | Leopoldo Teixeira | lmt@cin.ufpe.br |