1	Global Disease Surveillance Platform (GDSP™) Taha A. Kass-Hout, MD, MS Chief Scientist Northrop Grumman Corporation Hilary A. Oliphant, MPH Public Health Specialist Northrop Grumman Corporation 3^rd International Bird Flu Summit November 14-15^th, 2006 Geneva, Switzerland
2	Authors Taha Kass-Hout, MD, MS Hilary Oliphant, MPH Massimo (Max) Mirabito, MBA Sharon Burks, MA
3	Global Disease Surveillance Platform (GDSP™) The Problem Currently, information needed to support disease monitoring and evaluation of control measures is scattered over a wide array of disparate sources and isn’t shared in a timely manner. The Solution An R&D Project to help facilitate information linkage in real-time across national and global organizations in order to minimize life-threatening effects of diseases, such as a pandemic influenza, by Understanding and documenting the type of public health information needed to be acquired Developing an information integration platform prototype to create an integrated situation awareness environment Developing a set of analysis, visualization and decision support tools that are operative within the platform
4	Platform Scenario: Avian/Pandemic Influenza
5	Today’s Picture
6	Tomorrow’s Vision: The GDSP™
7	Situation Awareness and Coordinated Response
8	GDSP™ Utilization Case studies: Pilot scenarios at the different levels At the Local Level: Real-time awareness to healthcare providers Improved communication and coordination between responding entities: e.g., local public health departments, clinics, hospitals, etc. At the National Level: A consolidated picture of disparate information Improved timeliness of preparedness and coordinated timely response At the Global Level: Tracking the emergence of a PH threat event; such as a pandemic Improved global intelligence
9	GDSP™ High Level Architecture
10	Platform Portal Application Prototype
11	Platform Portal Application Prototype
12	Platform Portal Application Prototype
13	The TouchTable™
14	Cooperation and Consequence Management in a Crisis Situational Awareness Understanding current state for decision-making. Interactive Collaborative Planning Reacting and planning in a collaborative environment. Analysis Using epidemiology, index-case analysis, etc. Incorporating GIS (geospatial information systems) technologies into a novel interactive and collaborative tool for decision-makers.
15	Cooperation and Consequence Management in a Crisis Doomsday scenario is awaiting the nation if it experiences an influenza pandemic Prescription sales of OTC flu meds by population density, vaccination rate of population by geographic region, disease incidence, age structure, and contact tracing using the TouchTable™ environment
16	Outbreak Tracking Demo TouchTable™ shows data layers in dynamic map format Human data All human cases of H5N1 Human population density Bird data All bird cases of H5N1 Poultry density Bird migration pathways Reference layers Physical Satellite imagery 3D elevation Geopolitical Administrative boundaries Airports Emergency services Schools
17	H5N1 Cases Human Distinguishes between survivors and fatalities
18	GIS Avian Flu Risk Assessment Thailand Analysis Results
19	GIS Avian Flu Risk Assessment California Results
20	Discussion Taha A. Kass-Hout, MD, MS Chief Scientist Northrop Grumman Corporation 3375 NE Expressway Koger Center/Harvard Building Atlanta, GA 30341 678-530-3568 Taha.Kass-Hout@ngc.com
21	Backup Slides
22	GIS Avian Flu Analysis Data Layers Thailand Training Points Animal avian flu cases (www.declanbutler.info/Flumaps1/avianflu.html) Evidence Layers Poultry density; Swine density (U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization) Streams; Water Bodies (ESRI; GIS Data Depot (www.geocomm.com); Dr. Marc Souris (www.star.ait.ac.th/~souris/thailand.htm) Landscan 2000 population data Migratory bird flyways -- shore and wading; land birds; waterfowl (NGA/National Geographic)