This was the inaugural edition of the eHealth Africa’s webinar series: Insights. In this edition, our guests discussed, Optimizing sub-national Capacity to use Data for Disease Surveillance and Response.

Chinedu Anarado moderated the session and featured conversations with public health professionals with experience in disease surveillance at the sub-national, national, and regional levels. They discussed the value of data in disease surveillance at the sub-national level, timeliness in outbreak preparedness, and a continental view of the role of data in disease surveillance and response.

 The panelists included: 

Dr. Emmanuel Agogo, Country Director, Nigeria Resolve to save lives 

Dr. Godwin Akpan, Information Systems Lead Data Analytics, World Health Organization

Dr. Suleiman Iliyasu Hamisu, Public Health Epidemiologist and State Disease Surveillance and Notification Officer, Kano state.