PDN recognizes the importance of rapidly and widely sharing data during disease outbreaks. The rapid, open, and wide sharing of data on emerging pathogens helps keep people and the planet healthy. PDN believes in the power of open data to a) facilitate public health...
PDN has released a unified global ethics report to support the responsible use of wastewater pathogen data. Drawing from leading international frameworks (World Health Organization, European Union, United States Centers for Disease Control, and Canadian federated...
PDN’s central node, the Pathogens Portal, has launched a new wastewater data page to improve visibility and access to sequencing data from wastewater metagenomic samples. This new feature supports public health agencies, researchers, and environmental monitoring teams...
The Pathogen Data Network (PDN) has conducted a global survey to better understand the challenges researchers face when working with pathogen data and to identify priority areas for training and support. The results pinpoint limited funding, data aggregation...
PDN has released a technical ‘starter kit’ to support the rapid development of national, regional and community-led portals, also referred to as Pathogen Portal Nodes (PPN). This simple and flexible implementation software includes all essential features for a basic,...
