UNITED4Surveillance (EU4Health Joint Action)
The general objective of the project is to strengthen infectious disease surveillance systems at the national level, with improvement of integration, interoperability, and digitalization of data sources. We focus on outbreak detection/laboratory-based reporting, hospital surveillance, and One Health surveillance.
Om prosjektet
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Prosjektperiode: 01.01.2023 - 29.06.2026 (Aktivt)
- Koordinerende institutt: Folkehelseinstituttet
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Prosjektleder:
- Anders Bekkelund, Avdeling for smittevern og beredskap
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Prosjektdeltakere:
- Rossa Proinnsias O'Donnell, Avdeling for strategi og portefølje
- Alexander Josef Theo Wetzel, Avdeling for strategi og portefølje
- Elisabeth Henie Madslien, Avdeling for smittevern og beredskap
- Mohammed Umaer Naseer, Avdeling for smittevern og beredskap
- Nina Therese Aasand, Avdeling for smittevernregistre
- Lin Cathrine T. Brandal, Avdeling for smittevern og beredskap
- Olav Hungnes, Avdeling for virologi
- Andreas Rohringer, Avdeling for virologi
- Trine Hessevik Paulsen, Avdeling for smittevern og vaksine
- Elina Marjukka Seppälä, Avdeling for smittevern og vaksine
- Margrethe Larsdatter Storm, Avdeling for smittevernregistre
- Solveig Jore, Avdeling for smittevern og beredskap
- Ragnhild Tønnessen, Avdeling for smittevern og vaksine
- Jose Antonio Baz Lomba, Avdeling for smittevern og beredskap
- Christina Møllebro, Helsedata og digitalisering
- Nina Håheim, Områdestab Smittevern
- Tricia Lynn Larose, Helsedirektoratet
- Carl Andreas Grøntvedt, Husdyr, vilt og velferd
- Anna Karin Germundsson Hauge, Analyser og diagnostikk
Sammendrag
UNITED4Surveillance is an EU4Health Joint Action with over 40 partners from all across Europe. The Joint Action started in January 2023 and will run until 31 December 2025. The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) is coordinating this project.
The global crisis generated by the COVID-19 outbreak has revealed an urgent need for improvement in public health preparedness and pandemic response at the European level. UNITED4Surveillance will contribute to implementation of the new Health Security framework under the EU regulation on serious cross-border threats to health (2022/2371). This Joint Action will also support implementation of the long-term strategic framework for the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in 2022–2025. The focus will be on integrating existing and new data sources for more comprehensive EU/EEA infectious disease surveillance, prevention and control. In doing so, UNITED4Surveillance will contribute to surveillance capacity-building within Europe and beyond, working to improve global health security.
The general objective of the project is to strengthen infectious disease surveillance systems at the national level, with improvement of integration, interoperability, and digitalization of data sources. We focus on outbreak detection/laboratory-based reporting, hospital surveillance, and One Health surveillance. UNITED4Surveillance will propose a Roadmap to implementation of integrated surveillance at member state and Union level which will
- contain gaps and needs analysis;
- integrate (inter)national polices;
- identify and pilot promising approaches;
- disseminate best practices;
- share experiences and knowledge through capacity building.
Role of FHI: FHI is contributing to multiple work packages and is co-leading WP4 and co-task lead for task zoonotic influenza.
WP2 Outbreak Detection (PoC Umaer Naseer).
WP3: Hospital Surveillance (PoC Rossa O'Donnell/Trine Paulsen. In collaboration with the Norwegian Directorate of Health (AE).
WP4: One Health (PoC Solveig Jore). In collaboration with the Norwegian Veterinary Institute (AE).
More about UNITED4Surveillance: https://united4surveillance.eu/project/project-summary/