Future plan
An integrated cross-border disease surveillance system is planned to be developed by integrating data from public reports into the existing routine surveillance system. This will increase the timeliness of data for early detection and response to an outbreak. Findings from this study, including lag time, expansion factors, and assessment of impact of this activity will be included in the integrated cross-border disease surveillance system, in order to improve the validity and reliability of the information.
One to two workshops at the end of the grant would allow all stakeholders to share and understand results of the study and determine how to continue these type of measurements in the future. Continuing to update these data each year for the region would be an excellent outcome.