WHO Pandemic Hub strategy sets a goal of detecting new outbreaks within 24 hours by 2030

13 October 2026

The World Health Organization launched the strategy of the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence for 2026-2030 at the World Health Summit in Berlin, in a release dated 12 October 2026.
The five-year strategy sets the goal that by 2030 every country should be able to detect and understand emerging health threats within 24 hours of their appearance.
The Hub was created in 2021 with foundational support from the German Government and has worked with 160 WHO Member States and 190 partner organizations.
Its Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) system draws on over 4000 experts and is used by over 125 Member States and 30 regional and international organizations.
The Hub's Collaboratory brings together more than 2000 experts, and its Collaborative Surveillance Initiative has been implemented in more than 83 countries.
The strategy rests on five priority initiatives: EIOS, the International Pathogen Surveillance Network, the Collaboratory, the Collaborative Surveillance Initiative and a new Digital Enablers for Public Health Intelligence Initiative.
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Hub "has become an integral part of the global health security system" and that the strategy "charts a clear path towards 2030".
Georg Kippels, Parliamentary State Secretary at Germany's Federal Ministry of Health, was present at the opening.