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Virus transmission has no national boundaries, and pandemics such as COVID-19 are global challenges. The international community needs to be much better prepared and better aligned in responding to possible future pandemics across the entire cycle of detection, alarm and response. The proposal for an international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response is guided by a spirit of collective solidarity, anchored in the principles of fairness, inclusiveness, and transparency.
This research topic calls for papers that are related to the research, practice and architectural design of Surveillance technologies and Data Sharing protocols that empower infectious disease prevention and preparedness at a global scale. We encourage innovative ideas and discoveries in the field of waste-water based surveillance, innovative contactless technologies that could be deployed in public transportation vehicles, especially those across the national and regional borders. We also encourage technical papers especially those utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) and block chain to ensure the real-time and transparent data sharing across the globe. Once global pandemic situation could be monitored and checked on anyone’s smart-phone, like that for weather and air pollution, the lofty ideology of global pandemic prevention will be realized, from bottom up.
For the global community to strengthen national, regional and global capacities and resilience to future pandemics, government agencies could provide political and economics support, and research institutions could provide scientific support. However, it is the widely accessible surveillance technology and the transparent sharing of its generated data that will be the eventual game-changer. An exemplary is the protocol of world doping control, where all nations are obligated by the International Olympics Committee (IOC) to be sampled at any time by a WADA accredited laboratory. globally accepted and legally bound data generation and sharing will foster innovative technological developments and changes global public health practices.
Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts as either Original Research, Review, Mini-review, Perspective, or Opinion articles. We highly encourage submissions on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to those mentioned above.
• Waste-water based pathogen surveillance, based on new technologies or standardized processes/protocols.
• Innovative contactless technologies that could be deployed in public transportation vehicles, especially those across the national and regional borders.
• Artificial intelligence (AI) and block chain technologies that promote the real-time and transparent data sharing across the globe.
• Smart-phone based digital applications that synergize and visualize global infectious disease data.
• Views and perspectives from governmental and international organizations that propose strategies for global coordination on infectious disease monitoring and surveillance.
This research topic calls for papers that are related to the research, practice and architectural design of Surveillance technologies and Data Sharing protocols that empower infectious disease prevention and preparedness at a global scale. We encourage innovative ideas and discoveries in the field of waste-water based surveillance, innovative contactless technologies that could be deployed in public transportation vehicles, especially those across the national and regional borders. We also encourage technical papers especially those utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) and block chain to ensure the real-time and transparent data sharing across the globe. Once global pandemic situation could be monitored and checked on anyone’s smart-phone, like that for weather and air pollution, the lofty ideology of global pandemic prevention will be realized, from bottom up.
For the global community to strengthen national, regional and global capacities and resilience to future pandemics, government agencies could provide political and economics support, and research institutions could provide scientific support. However, it is the widely accessible surveillance technology and the transparent sharing of its generated data that will be the eventual game-changer. An exemplary is the protocol of world doping control, where all nations are obligated by the International Olympics Committee (IOC) to be sampled at any time by a WADA accredited laboratory. globally accepted and legally bound data generation and sharing will foster innovative technological developments and changes global public health practices.
Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts as either Original Research, Review, Mini-review, Perspective, or Opinion articles. We highly encourage submissions on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to those mentioned above.
• Waste-water based pathogen surveillance, based on new technologies or standardized processes/protocols.
• Innovative contactless technologies that could be deployed in public transportation vehicles, especially those across the national and regional borders.
• Artificial intelligence (AI) and block chain technologies that promote the real-time and transparent data sharing across the globe.
• Smart-phone based digital applications that synergize and visualize global infectious disease data.
• Views and perspectives from governmental and international organizations that propose strategies for global coordination on infectious disease monitoring and surveillance.
Keywords: Infectious Disease, Surveillance, Data Sharing, Global Health, Security
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