Using digital surveillance tools for near real time mapping of the risk of infectious disease spread

Can crowdsourced disease surveillance help us stop outbreaks faster? This video explores ProMED, a global network of clinicians reporting unusual health events in humans, animals, and plants. We delve into how ProMED works, vetting reports before sharing them widely. Using the West African Ebola epidemic as a case study, Dr. Sangeeta Bhatia (Imperial College London) examines the challenges of using ProMED data for real-time outbreak analysis.
We compare ProMED's data with the WHO's curated dataset to understand what insights can be gleaned from digital disease surveillance during a crisis. Can we leverage this information to improve our response to future outbreaks? Find out in this video!
Data and code are available at - www.nature.com...
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