Global health security is a shared responsibility that cannot be achieved by a single actor or sector of government. Its success depends upon collaboration among the health, security, environmental and agricultural sectors. IDI acknowledges the essential need for a multilateral and multi-sectoral approach to strengthen both the global capacity and nation’s capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious threats.

The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak highlighted the critical importance of strong national disease surveillance systems that can detect disease threats in a timely fashion and provide actionable information for public health action. At IDI, we build on the work already being done in countries to be as efficient and effective as possible. We promote mutual strategies, research, and policies to ensure that our partner countries are well prepared to respond to disease threats, wherever they might begin. This work is critical to protecting health in Uganda and Africa and is focused on: