Public Health Intelligence in times of COVID-19
Monday, 6 December 2021
Two years have passed since the last EIOS Global Technical Meeting (GTM) in November 2019 and the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world ever since. Besides affecting our lives in various ways, it very specifically impacted public health, including the Public Health Intelligence (PHI) function and how PHI experts do their work. Without a doubt, the pandemic presented a myriad of new challenges in the field of PHI, yet it also triggered a number of new initiatives and brought about exciting innovations.
On Day 1 of the 2021 GTM we focus on positioning PHI in the context of COVID 19 and conference hosts, Philip AbdelMalik and Yasmin Rabiyan from the EIOS Core Team at WHO lay out the conference roadmap.
In the “Welcome to the 2021 GTM”-session, the conference hosts introduce participants to the EIOS initiative and introduce the audience to the week’s agenda. WHO Executive Director Mike Ryan and WHO Assistant Director-General Chikwe Ihekweazu address participants in their respective welcome remarks and spoken word artist Muneera Pilgrim performs a tailor-made poem or "ode" to PHI professionals. She further engages with participants in gathering their voices for a community poem, which she is to write over the course of the week and performs at the final day of the conference.
The Experiences and Lessons Learned sessions present a snapshot of PHI experts’ experiences across regions, organizations and mandates since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether working directly on tracking the pandemic or trying to keep a focus on not losing sight of other threats to human and animal health, PHI experts are at the forefront of intelligence work. What has occupied them over this past year? What are some of the lessons learned? Which challenges did they have to overcome and where do they see the remaining gaps? Esther Hamblion, Epidemiologist at WHO explores these and other questions with two sets of experts including international, regional and national perspectives, looking at the topics of animal health and mass gatherings.
Session Recordings
Welcome to the 2021 EIOS Global Technical Meeting!
Public Health Intelligence in times of COVID-19: Experiences and Lessons Learned 1
The "Experiences and Lessons Learned" -sessions present a snapshot of PHI experts’ experiences across regions, organizations and mandates since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of Track 1, chair Esther Hamblion discusses with experts from WHO, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the Tunisia Ministry of Health, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Japan (NIID) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
Chapters
00:00:00 Welcome Day 1 Track 1
00:06:00 Greene-Cramer (WHO): The role of event-based surveillance in the evolving COVID-19 global pandemic response (December 2019 to October 2021)
00:22:50 Borrell-Pique (ECDC): From early detection to regular surveillance activities: COVID-19 pandemic monitoring experience
00:37:00 Bougatef (MoH Tunisia): The importance of trusted sources of health information for successful crisis response and management at national and international level
00:55:53 Shimada (NIID Japan): Enhancing EBS to inform risk assessment during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games
01:09:23 Caceres-Soto (OIE): Managing the occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 in animals: OIE's experience from an international perspective
01:23:15 Q&A session
Public Health Intelligence in times of COVID-19: Lessons Learned 2
The "Experiences and Lessons Learned" -sessions present a snapshot of PHI experts’ experiences across regions, organizations and mandates since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Track 2, chair Esther Hamblion discusses with experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the Brazil Ministry of Health and the WHO country office in Brazil, the WHO Regional Office for Europe (EURO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Chapters & Presentations
0:00 Introduction
06:16 Hercik/CDC: Building and Maintaining Partnerships for Epidemic Intelligence during the COVID-19 Pandemic
20:11 Numbere/Africa CDC: The evolution of event-based surveillance for COVID-19 (2020-2021)
35:51 Marcolino Silva and Sallas/MoH and WHO Brazil: Expanding the Public Health Intelligence Network and EIOS use in Brazil
54:00 Beebeejaun: Event-based surveillance during UEFA EURO 2020 – lessons learnt for future mass gatherings
1:08:45 Capobianco Dondona/FAO: Focus on One Health Intelligence and Early Warning
1:21:05 Q&A
Webinar 1: An Introduction to Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS)
This webinar provides an overview of the EIOS initiative, how it got to where it is today, and how it can support public health intelligence efforts. Participants learn about the EIOS system itself, including through a live demonstration. The webinar is for people who have little or no prior knowledge of the EIOS initiative and system but are interested in learning more about it. It is led by Leila Bell, Epidemiologist and consultant at the World Health Organization (WHO).
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