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Global health planning for ongoing and future pandemics will require continued evaluation of condensed data aggregation. We want to be selective and smart about what we badger about.

The current indicators tell a global story, and one of the main narratives is that of the data not available.

50% of countries do not have data on whether or not they have infection prevention in long term care, 67% of countries have no data on whether or not they have occupational health for workers, 45% of countries have no data on whether or not they have national IPC programs and WASH standards, and so forth. There's a lot that we have no data on, a lot that individual countries have no data about themselves on. Let's improve. 

Let's badger about obtaining the basics of the listed indicators, funding to obtain and be accountable to these indicators, and alignment of details of the indicators. 

As a global group:

We should shoulder burden. Countries with indicator ease should shoulder some burden in training and lending a hand. Governments should strive to prevent nationalistic small scope, and thus pandemic management failure.  Not only does indicator partnership address improvement needs, these partnerships assist in that prevention. And, these partnerships are the right thing to do.

We should strive for accountability. WHO and intermediaries should assure accountability with resource and funds. Training and assistance can be easily mismanaged without stakeholder buy in.  

We should communicate. Communication and facilitation of partnership connections could be a component to openWHO, where training is already familiar. We know openWHO training is a great platform, as millions have been trained for COVID through it.

We should set timelines. Asking for indicator data is a first step. There should be follow up points and deadlines set for resolution of data aggregation. 

We should include economic and social planning as an indicator. This would connect involvement already at various tables (economics, food security) and this could establish stronger structure for future pandemics. 

Let's badger forward. 


https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/weekly-operational-update-on-covid-19---13-november-2020

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