HISP Centre and CEPI Partner to Strengthen Digital Tools for Epidemic Preparedness

The HISP Centre at the University of Oslo (HISP UiO) and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the design, development, testing, and application of complementary digital functionalities in support of global health security. The agreement establishes a framework for the two organizations to explore areas of mutual interest in epidemic intelligence, pandemic preparedness and response, and the development of resilient health systems.

DHIS2, the free, open-source health information platform stewarded by the HISP Centre and used for health data management in more than 100 countries, is well positioned to support the work of CEPI, a global partnership working to accelerate the development of vaccines and other biologic countermeasures against epidemic and pandemic threats through public-private collaboration. Central to CEPI’s work is its 100-day mission—an ambitious goal to compress the time needed to develop safe, effective vaccines against new threats to just 100 days from the declaration of a pandemic.

“Epidemic preparedness depends on having data not only to respond in a targeted and effective way to disease outbreaks but also to predict and inform preparation for future pandemics. Critical to this is having the right data infrastructure in place before a crisis hits,” said HISP UiO Director Kristin Braa. “CEPI has built an extraordinary global network for vaccine development and response, and we look forward to exploring what we can achieve together.”

The two organizations will focus their collaboration on interoperable tools, data and analytics capabilities, and other digital innovations supporting epidemic intelligence, pandemic preparedness and response, and resilient health systems. 

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