Overview

Managing health security threats require critical decision-making despite many uncertainties. One of the key lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and other emergencies was that the decision-making needs to be informed by synthesis of multiple sources of information. Multisource collaborative surveillance (MSCS) is a systematic approach to using data from multiple sources to inform decision-making to manage health emergencies and public health threats. Key features include being decision oriented, multisource, collaborative, and systematic.

To facilitate the strengthening of MSCS, this manual proposes the six steps, creating an inclusive and participatory process engaging relevant stakeholders. The core process of MSCS strengthening is thinking backwards, starting from what decisions have to be made to manage emergencies (decision-making questions), and then moving on to defining what information needs to be generated (surveillance objectives) and identifying how best to generate required information, addressing duplication and fragmentation (surveillance approaches). 

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본 WHO 자료는 여러 출처의 정보를 활용하여 보건 비상사태 및 공중 보건 관련 의사 결정에 정보를 제공하는 단계적 접근 방식을 강조한다. 본 가이드라인은 다중 소스 협력 감시(Multisource collaborative surveillance, MSCS)를 강화하기 위한 핵심 프로세스가 어떻게 진행되는지 6단계로 제시한다.

원문 링크: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789290221104