INTERNATIONAL PATHOGEN SURVEILLANCE NETWORK (IPSN)
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Context
- WHO and partners are launching a global network to help protect people from infectious disease threats through the power of pathogen genomics called the International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN).
Details
- The International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN) will provide a platform to connect countries and regions, improving systems for collecting and analyzing samples, using these data to drive public health decision-making, and sharing that information more broadly.
- The IPSN, with a Secretariat hosted by the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence, brings together experts worldwide at the cutting-edge of genomics and data analytics, from governments, philanthropic foundations, multilateral organizations, civil society, academia and the private sector.
- All share a common goal: to detect and respond to disease threats before they become epidemics and pandemics, and to optimize routine disease surveillance.
Significance
- The goal of this new network is ambitious, but it can also play a vital role in health security: to give every country access to pathogen genomic sequencing and analytics as part of its public health system.
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PRACTICE QUESTION Q. What is International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN)? What is its role and significance in disease detection? |
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