3. South Asia Regional Collaboration Workshop
TOPIC: REGIONAL NETWORKING
Q-A. How would a network like CORDS or OHASA be most impactful in your country
and/or the region?
Q-B. What are your expectations of a South Asia regional network?
Q-C. What are the major challenges in communicating disease outbreaks with your
neighboring countries? What would you like to be able to share and within what time
frame?
Q-D. What would be the priority disease(s), policies and/or projects that the network
should address?
Q-E. How can a regional network in South Asia be sustained long term?
4. South Asia Regional Collaboration Workshop
TOPIC: DATA SHARING / REAL TIME COMMUNICATION
Q-A. How do you share data/information on emerging threats? Examples for
conversation can include polio, bird flu, MERS, etc.
Q-B. How is information shared across/between sectors (animal-human-
environment)?
Q-C. What type of national or regional coordination would occur around the epi
investigation?
Q-D. What are the formal/informal disease detection/reporting systems you rely on in
your daily work?
Q-E. What has been the impact of the International Health Regulations in your
country and regionally?
6. South Asia Regional Collaboration Workshop
TOPIC: HOT TOPICS
GROUP A: Risk Communication
GROUP B: Diagnostics/Laboratory Capacity
GROUP C: Become a ProMED South Asia moderator
GROUP D: Group Choice #1
GROUP E: Group Choice #2
7. South Asia Regional Collaboration Workshop
TOPIC: SOUTH ASIA NETWORK
Q-A. How should a South Asia regional network operate? What would be a five-year
vision?
Q-B. What are the next steps to make network sustainable?
Q-C. What would be the minimum requirements for regional cooperation or cross
border data sharing?
Q-D. How would you establish a multi-sectoral communication plan within country?
Q-E. What surveillance activities could you conduct jointly, and who would lead?
