Community-based surveillance plays a vital role in larger epidemic and pandemic preparedness and response activities. This month the Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Newsletter highlights several initiatives linked to CBS including:
- World Radio Day: How radio helps keep communities healthy and safe
- Uganda: School Health Club helps students and communities stay safe from diseases
- Eswatini: Health in the countryside
- Responding to current cholera outbreaks
- Flooding in DRC: CP3 volunteers respond in Equateur
- National Societies sharing expertise to tackle anthrax
- Mobile Cinema in Sierra Leone
Additionally, there are several new resources shared in the most recent newsletter including concept notes on how to consider anticipatory action for epidemic-prone diseases, using Integrated Outbreak Analytics (IOA) to consider the different risk factors and responding in cholera emergencies and more.