The GIHSN held its 11th Annual Meeting at the WHO Headquarters in Geneva. Over 90 scientists, clinicians and public health experts from 25+ countries gathered for 2 days and discussed lessons learned and how to strengthen collaborations across the networks to enhance global respiratory pathogen surveillance and pandemic preparedness.
44 participants including flu experts and health representatives from the US-CDC, OpenHealth, the Executive committee / Foundation for Influenza Epidemiology, the University of Edinburgh, Fondation Mérieux, Sanofi Pasteur and the WHO attended the meeting.
Results by site, 2016-2017 season
More than 50 participants from 22 countries attended the 6th Annual Meeting of the GIHSN in Paris, including influenza experts and health representatives from the US-CDC, IHME, GISAID, the University of Maryland, the University of Edinburgh, NIVEL … The meeting has been hosted by the Foundation for Influenza Epidemiology under the coordination of OpenHealth.
Results by site, 2017-2018 season
55 participants from 27 countries attended the 7th Annual Meeting of the GIHSN in Paris, including influenza experts and health representatives from WHO, the US-CDC, the Chinese CDC, IHME, GISAID… The meeting has been hosted by the Foundation for Influenza Epidemiology under the coordination of OpenHealth.
Results by site, 2018-2019 season
More than 90 persons participated in the GIHSN 8th Global Annual Meeting (webinar) to discuss flu surveillance and the impact of Covid-19. With site investigators from 23 countries in Northern & Southern hemisphere, influenza experts and external stakeholders, including representatives from World Health Organization, the US CDC, GISAID.