REDUCING PANDEMIC RISK, PROMOTING GLOBAL HEALTH

These viruses include coronaviruses, paramyxoviruses, influenza viruses, and filoviruses. PREDICT has made significant contributions to strengthening global surveillance and laboratory diagnostic capabilities for new and known viruses. PREDICT is now working with partners in 31 countries to build platforms for disease surveillance and for identifying and monitoring pathogens that can be shared between animals and people. The project uses the One Health approach to investigate the behaviors, practices, and ecological and biological factors driving disease emergence, transmission, and spread. Through these efforts, PREDICT aims to improve global disease recognition and develop strategies and policy recommendations to minimize pandemic risk. PREDICT works closely with host governments and partners to interpret and share information through systems designed to protect and ensure data quality and accuracy. PREDICT data are managed in a purposefully-designed internal information management system, in which all data undergo a rigorous quality control process. Diagnostic test results are interpreted in light of all available scientific literature by PREDICT virologists. After interpretation, results are provided to host governments for examination, to inform policy, and for approval for public release through the PREDICT data site powered by HealthMap. PREDICT is built upon One Health partnerships, which are critical for gaining a more full understanding of the integral links between human, animal, and environmental health. By working across sectors and including a diverse range of stakeholders and expertise, PREDICT helps operationalize efforts that promote public health, effective natural resource management, and development. On a country basis and at a global level, PREDICT enables and supports implementation of One Health practices, including inter-ministerial data sharing and interpretation, interdisciplinary capacity building and surveillance, and coordinated outbreak response activities. PREDICT has worked closely with a wide range of government ministries, scientific institutions, local organizations, and other stakeholders to further One Health initiatives. These have taken the form of inter-ministerial data sharing and interpretation, interdisciplinary capacity building and surveillance, and coordinated outbreak response activities. Building on these best practices, PREDICT is working with Emerging Pandemic Threats program partners to develop an evidence base to demonstrate the value of the One Health approach.