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...
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,...
A major step toward responsible and equitable data use: a new interactive tool is now available as part of the Pathogen Data Network (PDN) to help stakeholders navigate the ethical, legal, and equity considerations in wastewater surveillance (WWS). A tool for ethical,...
A major step toward harmonizing global pathogen surveillance: the PDN Priority Pathogens repository – a curated, open-access and updatable list of high-priority pathogens – is now available to the global research and public health community. Tackling fragmentation in...
On 29 April, PDN hosted its first public webinar for a wide audience of pathogen data practitioners. It offered a global perspective on the project’s aims and latest advances, including a demo of the central Pathogen Portal, and the perspective from one of the...
