IWOPS IV, held in Cambodia in 2022, focused on establishing One Health participatory surveillance systems as a standard of practice for use in every country. Ending Pandemics convened experts from around the world to share experiences and best practices from exemplary systems directly engaging communities in human, animal and environmental health. Participants worked together to… Read more »
Approach: Respond
South Asia Pandemic Preparedness Tabletop Exercise
Held in the Maldives in July 2016, the South Asia Pandemic Preparedness Tabletop Exercise was a three-day meeting bringing together South Asian leaders in infectious disease outbreak response for public and animal health. The event provided an opportunity to address challenges in the detection of and response to infectious disease outbreaks as they spread beyond… Read more »
Connecting Organizations for Regional Disease Surveillance (CORDS)
Established in 2012, Connecting Organizations for Regional Disease Surveillance (CORDS) is an informal governance cooperative of six regional disease surveillance networks working across national borders to tackle emerging infectious diseases. Each regional network is an alliance of neighboring countries that are taking a unified approach to pandemic preparedness. CORDS aims to improve global capacity to… Read more »
Event-Based Surveillance Training
Launched in 2016, Event-Based Surveillance Training develops training materials for public health emergency operations center personnel on how to conduct event-based surveillance (EBS).
Outbreak Timeliness Measures
The Outbreak Timeliness Measures projects support the measurement of the timeliness of outbreak detection, verification, and response (along with other associated measures) and seek to empower this type of measurement in all countries.
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Surveillance Project
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Surveillance Project develops active surveillance networks, performs seroepidemiological studies, and exchanges surveillance data among Israel, Jordan, and Palestine.
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