In today’s interconnected world, a disease can spread from a remote village to a major city anywhere in the world in as little as 36 hours. The U.S. government-funded Strengthening Infectious Disease Detection Systems (STRIDES) Activity provides life-saving assistance to countries to prevent and mitigate outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases that threaten U.S. national security. Global health security safeguards lives and prevents devastating economic repercussions.
STRIDES aims to:
- Strengthen detection capacity and systems at the national and sub-national levels for both human and animal laboratory networks and increase access to quality laboratory services for diseases of public health importance.
- Develop and enhance sustainable and surveillance systems, using event-based (EBS) and indicator-based (IBS) systems, to detect events of significance for public health and health security.
- Provide technical assistance to develop and strengthen host country capacity in data collection, analysis, and reporting for actionable disease prevention and response decision making.
- Provide targeted technical surveillance and detection assistance during an outbreak.
STRIDES is a global consortium led by FHI 360 with core partners Black & Veatch and PATH.
