The PSI-led Pandemic Preparedness Analytical Capacity and Funding Tracking Programme, known as Pandemic PACT, has recently launched the WHO Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence Research Funding Tracker.
The resource, developed in collaboration with the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence, maps global research investments across the 23 key research priorities outlined in the WHO Hub’s 2024 Technical Brief.
These priorities, categorised under the three pillars of Better Data, Better Analytics, and Better Decisions, are aligned to eight themes for enhancing public health responses: AI and Technological Advances; Data Preparedness; Quality Standards; Analytical Frameworks; Multisectoral Approaches; Community Centres Approaches and Evidence to Policy.
The prioritisation process was coordinated by the WHO Hub in collaboration with the Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R), Charité University Hospital Berlin and the WHO Science Division, with a financial contribution and observer role from Wellcome.
The Pandemic PACT’s latest dashboard includes publicly available, downloadable datasets and interactive visualisations of the award details, enabling users to explore funding across priority areas in global health research.
PSI’s Professor Alice Norton, Principal Investigator of the Pandemic PACT research programme and Scientific Director of GloPID-R, commented: “Policy and research prioritisation roadmaps, such as the Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence Roadmap, take a huge global collaborative effort to develop to ensure effective identification of research gaps. Pandemic PACT enables visibility of relevant research portfolios at the earliest stage of funding awards. Our close collaboration has ensured this dashboard provides the necessary live evidence to support better decisions on investments for these vital areas of research for pandemic preparedness.”
Dr Oliver Morgan, Head of the WHO Hub, said: “Research is the foundation for preventing, detecting, and responding to health threats. Understanding where investments in pandemic and epidemic intelligence research are going, and where gaps remain, is essential for improving surveillance systems and enabling evidence-based decision-making. Our collaboration with Pandemic PACT helps funders make smarter, more targeted investments in priority research, ensuring decision-makers have the evidence they need to keep communities safe from health threats.”
Keep reading on the Pandemic PACT’s website
Explore the WHO Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence Funding Tracker page and its associated data