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9th WHO Speaker Series

28 November 2024 Berlin, Germany Hybrid

The Role of Research in Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence

“Diagnostics are often ignored when planning for pandemics,” said Dr Dayo in a session focusing on the role of research in pandemic and epidemic intelligence. The 9th WHO Speaker Series, which is co-hosted in Berlin by the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence and Charité Université, took place in Berlin on 28 November 2024.

The session focused on questions such as: how can researchers strengthen disease surveillance? How can research findings being incorporated into decision-making? And how to address the funding needs of pandemic research?

The speakers also included Dr Alice Norton (GloPID-R); Prof Stefan Flasche (Charité University Hospital); Prof David Heymann (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine); and Dr Natsuko Imai-Eaton (Wellcome Trust).

View the recording of the 9th Speaker Series