Global Health Security

Global Health Security (GHS) Surveillance Analysis and Data Use

This study assessed the gaps in the use of disease surveillance data for public health emergencies in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ghana, Kenya, and Madagascar to identify opportunities for better integration of surveillance data with both routine health data and non-health data.

CHISU Semiannual Report October 2023-March 2024

This semiannual report covers highlights from the first half of CHISU's Planning Year 4 (October 2023-March 2024). You can also find the report infographic in a separate resource.

Improving One Health Coordination for Improved Disease Outbreak Response in Côte d’Ivoire

A digital One Health information system in Côte d'Ivoire is strengthening multi-sectoral governance to guide the country’s One Health information systems architecture and achieve interoperability across different software systems to strengthen collaboration through shared data.

Advancing Global Health Security in Burkina Faso through shared One Health data

CHISU is partnering with multiple government ministries in Burkina Faso to improve coordination and rapid response to emerging public health threats through shared data.

Strengthening disease surveillance through SORMAS training and supportive supervision

Disease surveillance is a critical aspect of global health security, helping countries understand disease threats so they can better respond to outbreaks so they can be better contained. In 2019, Ghana Health Service (GHS) adopted and adapted SORMAS—its electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (eIDSR) tool—to effectively manage…

CHISU Côte d’Ivoire's Resident Advisor Presents at the Global Digital Health Forum

In December 2023, Côte d’Ivoire Resident Advisor Dr. Rahim Kebe presented during the Global Digital Health Forum (GDHF) panel “Building Resilience during Emergencies: Insights on Strengthening Health Systems and Global Health Security from Studying USAID’s COVID-19 Emergency Digital Health Investments.”

CHISU Results in Action: Multisectoral Collaboration for Rabies Prevention: The One Health Approach

CHISU supports Burkina Faso's One Health Executive Secretariat (SE-OH), including through an investigation and comprehensive response to the death of two people from rabies in the Sabou health district in late 2022. 

CHISU Results in Action: The Case of the Dead Cattle and Fish in Burkina Faso

With CHISU support, human and zoonotic data have been integrated and linked to the information systems of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Animal and Fisheries Resources, and the Ministry of the Environment Green Economy and Climate Change in Burkina Faso.

CHISU Results in Action: Ministries Gain Better Insights from Interoperable Data in Burkina Faso

In 2019, USAID supported the development of a One Health information system in Burkina Faso with MEASURE Evaluation (a USAID funded project), and continued support through the Country Health Information Systems and Data Use (CHISU) program to create a comprehensive and effective response to zoonotic and key human health threats at the community…

CHISU @ World One Health Congress

CHISU shares how interoperable information systems advance One Health programming in Burkina Faso, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, and Indonesia

CHISU Hosts Workshop to Enhance Surveillance Information Systems for Zoonotic Diseases in Indonesia

CHISU supported a two-day workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia, that brought together national and regional stakeholders to have better data on zoonotic infections so that Indonesia will be prepared to more efficiently detect and respond to future outbreaks.

Connecting the stories of health information system progression across Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mali

For CHISU Deputy Director Dr. Stephanie Watson-Grant, who recently traveled to several countries where the program works, the opportunity to visit country teams is “absolutely invaluable.” This is partly because she’s able to spend so much time with each CHISU expert (which she said equates to a year’s worth of being online), but also because she…

Assessing human resource capacity for ownership and management of Ghana’s disease surveillance and response system

The Surveillance Outbreak Response and Analysis System (SORMAS) is an electronic tool for integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) with an added capability for outbreak management and contact tracing. [1] SORMAS allows for real-time monitoring of disease outbreaks and facilitates collaboration among different departments and actors…