{"id":12851,"date":"2026-05-23T08:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T08:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehpi.com\/?p=12851"},"modified":"2026-05-23T08:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T08:55:13","slug":"loms-publie-ses-priorites-de-recherche-en-intelligence-pandemique-et-epidemique-quels-enjeux-pour-cehpi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cehpi.com\/en\/loms-publie-ses-priorites-de-recherche-en-intelligence-pandemique-et-epidemique-quels-enjeux-pour-cehpi\/","title":{"rendered":"The WHO Publishes Its Research Priorities on Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence: What Does This Mean for CEHPI?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a global context marked by increasingly complex health threats, the World Health Organization (WHO) has just published a key technical document:\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">\u00ab Research Prioritization for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0(2024). This report identifies the 23 most urgent research priorities for strengthening global pandemic and epidemic intelligence. It is intended for researchers, policymakers, funding agencies, and all public health stakeholders\u2014from the public, private, and nongovernmental sectors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At CEHPI, this document resonates deeply with our mission. Here is a summary of its key takeaways and the areas that are of direct relevance to us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">A three-pillar framework<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The framework proposed by the WHO is based on\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">trois piliers compl\u00e9mentaires<\/strong>\u00a0:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">Better Data<\/strong>\u00a0(Better data): improve the detection, verification, and reporting of health threats;<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">Better Analytics<\/strong>\u00a0(Improved analyses): strengthen integration, modeling, and forecasting tools;<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">Better Decisions<\/strong>\u00a0(Best Decisions): Promoting governance, equity, and the translation of data into public policy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These three pillars form a surveillance value chain, from data generation to its actual use in decision-making.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">Priority themes at a glance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le document identifie\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">huit th\u00e8mes transversaux<\/strong>, chacun portant des questions de recherche concr\u00e8tes et class\u00e9es par ordre de priorit\u00e9 :<\/p>\n<ol style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">Technological Advances and AI<\/strong>\u00a0: Develop accessible and cost-effective multi-pathogen diagnostic tools; explore the use of AI for outbreak detection and complex decision-making support.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">Multisectoral approaches<\/strong>\u00a0: Improve detection and reporting through multidisciplinary data integration, including One Health dimensions (human, animal, and environmental health).<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">Quality Standards<\/strong>\u00a0: Develop methods for rapidly evaluating the effectiveness of surveillance and public health interventions.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">Community-centered approaches<\/strong>\u00a0: Incorporate community perspectives, socioeconomic equity indicators, and citizen-generated data into monitoring systems.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">Data preparation<\/strong>\u00a0: Explore federated systems, open data, and data value chains to enhance epidemic intelligence.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">Analytical frameworks<\/strong>\u00a0: Develop real-time forecasting methods and models to understand the emergence of pathogens.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">Governance<\/strong>\u00a0: Examine the ethical, legal, and institutional frameworks that enable the secure and equitable sharing of surveillance data.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">Translating data into policy<\/strong>\u00a0<i><em>(Evidence to Policy)<\/em><\/i>\u00a0: Identify the factors that facilitate and hinder the use of evidence in the design of health interventions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">What particularly interests CEHPI: translating data into policy (Evidence to Policy)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the report\u2019s eight themes,\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">two research priorities<\/strong>\u00a0are fully aligned with CEHPI\u2019s core mission:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">Priority No. 6 \u2014 Risk communication to decision-makers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><em>To investigate communication strategies for effectively conveying information about health risks and uncertainties to policymakers in the context of pandemic and epidemic preparedness and response.<\/em><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The WHO acknowledges here a reality that CEHPI observes daily in the field: policymakers often receive complex data that they cannot always interpret and use to its full potential. Differences in data culture, language barriers, political contexts, and varying levels of health literacy further complicate this task. It is imperative to develop appropriate visualization tools, interactive dashboards, and accessible infographics to bridge this gap.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">Priority No. 16 \u2014 Identifying enablers and barriers to evidence-based decision-making<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><em>Identify the factors that facilitate and hinder evidence-based decision-making by using pandemic and epidemic intelligence to design public health interventions.<\/em><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This priority addresses institutional processes, human capacity, and the tools available to translate surveillance findings into concrete actions. It calls for a better understanding of decision-making mechanisms at all levels\u2014local, national, and international.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These two areas perfectly summarize\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">what CEHPI does<\/strong>\u00a0: to facilitate the transition from raw data to public health action by leveraging best practices in evidence translation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">Governance and Equity: Essential Dimensions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report also strongly emphasizes the importance of\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">data governance<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">health equity<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 two issues that are particularly pressing in resource-constrained settings. Priorities 10, 12, and 17 emphasize the need to understand how legal, ethical, and institutional mechanisms facilitate or hinder data sharing and its use in public policy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For CEHPI, which operates in environments where these challenges are a daily reality, these recommendations serve as a useful roadmap to guide its research and technical support efforts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">Conclusion: CEHPI, a committed partner dedicated to addressing gaps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The WHO report makes a clear point:\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">Significant gaps remain<\/strong>\u00a0in research on pandemic and epidemic intelligence, particularly in translating knowledge into concrete decisions and in taking local and community realities into account.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">CEHPI is fully aware of these challenges and is committed to addressing them.<\/strong>\u00a0Drawing on our expertise in evidence translation, capacity building, and public health decision support, we are ready to collaborate with academic, institutional, governmental, and international partners to actively help address these gaps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We firmly believe that\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight: 700 !important;\">high-quality research only truly fulfills its purpose when it translates into concrete actions that benefit people<\/strong>. It is this conviction that guides every one of our projects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are interested in exploring opportunities for collaboration with CEHPI in one of the priority areas identified by the WHO, please feel free to contact us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><em>R\u00e9f\u00e9rence : World Health Organization (2024). Research prioritization for pandemic and epidemic intelligence: technical brief. Gen\u00e8ve : OMS. ISBN 978-92-4-009452-9.<\/em><\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Dans un contexte mondial marqu\u00e9 par des menaces sanitaires de plus en plus complexes, l&#8217;Organisation mondiale de la Sant\u00e9 (OMS) vient de publier un document technique essentiel :\u00a0\u00ab Research Prioritization for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence \u00bb\u00a0(2024). 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