About 2022 EIOS GTM

The dawn of a new era for Public Health Intelligence

A three day in-person meeting, the fourth EIOS Global Technical Meeting (GTM) took place from 27-29 November 2022. Graciously co-hosted by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), around 180 participants from more than 60 countries came together in Luxor, Egypt, to connect over pertinent issues related to the Public Health Intelligence (PHI) function and related thematic against the historic backdrop of Luxor.

Under the slogan “The dawn of a new era for Public Health Intelligence”, the focus of this year’s conference was on the shifting PHI landscape and the renewed emphasis on trust, transparency and technology as new actors and ways of working emerge from the COVID era.

The 2022 EIOS GTM was the first time the wider community behind the EIOS initiative was able to meet face-to-face again since the start of the COVID pandemic. This includes many long-standing as well as newly joined representatives of the global Community of Practice and a wide range of collaborators from academia, technology, philanthropy, and other sectors.

 

Agenda overview

The 4th EIOS GTM focused on complexities and building trust

Focusing on desired outcomes, the GTM began with a panel dialogue on decision- and policy- making, exploring the challenges, opportunities and needs for improving these and maximizing positive citizen response. This led to workshop discussions on the complex issue of trust, particularly trust in government and public health, and the implications for the EIOS initiative. A special installment of the WHO Speaker Series “Complexity of Pandemics” at the end of the first day expanded on this complexity, beyond the social dimension of trust, to explore some of the technological aspects that need to be considered as we gained better understanding of the difference between “complicated” and “complex” systems.

Sessions on day 2 connected some of the dots by discussing the role of the public in all of this, before reflecting on the interdependencies of these three areas – decision-making, trust, and citizen engagement – from perspectives at the international, regional, and national levels.

The themes of the first two days were foundational to the discussions of day 3 which saw conference participants dive into more concrete ways that the PHI community, particularly through EIOS, can bridge the three areas through applied research and solutions. This included methods for connecting data and information, including a One-Health approach, to support the generation of insights through better analytics that can lead to better decisions and policies, and ways of collaborating and working together to build and foster trust and transparency. The meeting ended with an open question period, allowing the audience to direct questions to the EIOS Core and Support Teams.

2022 EIOS GTM speakers

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