Global Public Health Informatics Program GPHIP Wei Li

Global Public Health Informatics Program (GPHIP) Wei Li, MD, MS On behalf of GPHIP Team Public Health Systems Strengthening Branch Prepared for FETP RA Orientation August 8, 2011 Center for Global Health Division of Public Health Systems and Workforce Development

Outline § Global Public Health Informatics Program § Vision, Mission, Goals § Team § Projects § Informatics support § EIDSS AVR § Epi. Info® § Toolkit

Information and Data Systems is a Core Public Health Infrastructure Component Pyramid of Public Health System Preparedness from Public Health’s Infrastructure: A Status Report, CDC 2001

Global Public Health Informatics Program (GPHIP) Vision: Transform public health practice through informatics Mission: Improve health outcomes, quality, and safety through interoperable, integrated, and standardized information systems that are able to capture, track, report, and exchange data and improve decisions Goals: • Reduce time from disease detection to response, increase data access and use, and improve data quality • Increase efficiency and effectiveness of CDC's informatics investment • Enhance and leverage CDC and global expertise and resources

Global Public Health Informatics Program Public Health Systems Strengthening Branch Team Lead Robert Fagan, BS (Acting) Deputy Team Lead (Vacant) Mary Lou Blair Administrative Support / Travel Liz Kim, BA Administrative / Project Support Anna Grigoryan, MD, Ph. D, MSc Medical Epidemiologist (On Detail) Osama Ibrahim, MD, Ph. D, MSc Country Representative, Saudi Arabia Matthew O’Shea, MPH Public Health Analyst Wei Li, MD, MSc Health Scientist Muzna Mirza, MD, MS Health Scientist

GPHI Key Partners – Internal and External • Ministries of Health • World Health Organization (WHO) • PEPFAR • US Do. D / DTRA • USAID • CDC CIOs and global programs

GPHIP Projects - Current – Saudi Arabia: • National Guard: Develop and deploy Electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance System and International Healthcare Safety Network • Ministry of Health: Mobile-based infectious disease surveillance system for Hajj – U. S. Do. D DTRA: Develop and deploy an Electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance System (EIDSS) in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, and Armenia – WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Informatics (WHO CC) • e. Health • Collaborative Web Portal development – CGH/GDD: Provide geospatial science /mobile-based system support to the 7 GDD centers (partnership with OSELS) – China-CDC: Mobile-based surveillance system for public health emergencies and national surveillance system strengthening

WHO Collaborating Center for Public Health Informatics – Designated in Jan. 2010 – Advance international cooperation and leverage widely distributed global expertise and resources – Advance global informatics architecture, standards, and interoperability – Informatics support to the implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005) – Support distributed information exchange and sharing including strengthening WHO’s Global Health Observatory – Contribute to development of a suite of globally shareable interoperable tools and services in support of WHO’s Open. Health Suite of Tools initiative – Advance the science and best informatics principles, strategies, and practices

GPHIP Project Status by Country: 2011

Support Information Systems for Public Health Practice Epidemiologic tools for outbreak management and analysis, visualization, and reporting (Epi-Info, GIS, OMS) Electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance Information Systems Mobile-based System for surveillance and surveys during mass gatherings and public health emergencies Shared services: Strategies Architecture Standards Requirement Capacity Monitoring Evaluation WHO CC Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Electronic Lab Information Management and Reporting Systems AVR: Analysis, Visualization, and Reporting; GIS: Geographic Information System; OMS: Outbreak Management System 10

Informatics support to FETP – EIDSS (Electronic Integrated Surveillance System) • EIDSS for Africa • AVR (Analysis, Visualization, and Report) training • Country health system assessment/Informatics evaluation – Epi. Info® - (old or new version 7) • Training • Health data management • Case management – Informatics Toolkit • Mobile-based data collection • Real time or near real time surveillance – Health System Evaluation

Acknowledgements § John Abellera § Anna Grigoryan § Tadesse Wuhib § Alan Schley § Mary Andrus § Osama Ibrahim § Nikolay Lipskiy § Rajesh Sreedharan § Jose Aponte § Gerald Jones § David Lubinski Mike St. Louis § Ahmad Baghal Scott Mc. Nabb § § Sally Stansfield § Stephen Benoit Muzna Mirza Tonya Martin § § Herman Tolentino Mark Berndt Enrique Nieves § Susan Katz § § § Gautam Kesarinath Steve Uggowitzers § David Nitschke § Mary Lou Blair § Ties Boerma § Kathy O'Neill Philippe Veltsos § Elizabeth Kim § § § Matthew O’Shea § Jane Whipple § Nosa Orobaton § Mike Perry § Victoria Phillips § Guenael Rodier § Xen Santas § Tom Savel § Terry Boyd § Melissa Kimball § Rita-Marie Brady § Carl Kinkade § Stella Chungong § Rachel Kossover § Ngozi Erondu § Ramesh Krishnamurthy § Robert Fagan § Mark Landry § John J. Fitzpatrick § Jesse Legros § Laura Franzkie Les Lenert § Russell Gann § Center for Global Health Division of Public Health System and Workforce Development