by Victoria Fan , Eleni Smitham , Lydia Regan , Pratibha Gautam , Ole Norheim , Javier Guzman and Amanda Glassman
Efforts in pandemic preparedness may be strategically guided by understanding the potential prices and advantages of interventions for surveillance, which we name the “greatest buys” of surveillance. This coverage paper examines the state of data on investing within the “greatest buys” of surveillance for pandemic preparedness and particularly for respiratory infections.
We give attention to respiratory infections due to their potential for world unfold in addition to the World Well being Group (WHO)’s Preparedness and Resilience for Rising Threats (PRET) initiative preliminary give attention to pandemics of respiratory pathogens. We conduct a fast literature evaluation to evaluate the state of data on the prices and advantages of investing in 4 chosen kinds of surveillance for respiratory infections (laboratory networks, sentinel surveillance, notifiable illness surveillance, and well being facility event-based surveillance) thought of as “core” surveillance by the WHO’s Mosaic Framework (which listed a complete of ten kinds of surveillance). We mentioned early outcomes with an skilled panel throughout a CGD roundtable dialogue.
Total, value information on surveillance applications stays very restricted. Of the 4 kinds of surveillance examined, there are extra research reporting prices for sentinel surveillance than different kinds of surveillance. Research didn’t standardize measures of effectiveness of surveillance, making comparisons throughout surveillance varieties difficult. The effectiveness of investments isn’t simply assessed earlier than a pandemic, highlighting the necessity for rigorous, impartial analysis of the worth and affect of preparedness investments (together with for surveillance) on pandemic response. With the intention to inform future pandemic preparedness and response efforts, extra data is required on the prices and effectiveness of surveillance of respiratory infections and associated illnesses.
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