FASSSTER: A Strategy Note on the Disease Surveillance Platform of the Philippine Government in Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic
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FASSSTER: A Strategy Note on the Disease Surveillance Platform of the Philippine Government in Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic
December 6, 2022
This Strategy Note offers the Feasibility Analysis of Syndromic Surveillance Using Spatio-Temporal Epidemiological Modeler for Early Detection of Diseases (FASSSTER) – the principal disease surveillance platform of the Philippine Government for COVID-19 — as a model for the international community, particularly Ministries of Health and local public health authorities. The first part of this report presents a brief overview of the platform, its capabilities, and key project details. The second part features lessons learned and best practices from FASSSTER’s journey as a platform and project.