WILLEM: Weaving Innovative Leverage points for the effectiveness of surveillance to Limit EpideMic spread KU Leuven
A new pandemic might arise faster than what society is expecting, given the worrying evolution of the spread of avian influenza H5N1 among non-human mammals. The KU Leuven's Institute for the Future has outlined 7 Pandemic Preparedness Goals (PPGs), with PPG1 aimed at limiting the spread of a new pathogen, including as one of its targets a strong surveillance system. Improving the quality of surveillance data is already a huge challenge. ...