Regional meeting of SARInet and REVELA-i – Barbados

From May 17-19, 115 SARInet and REVELAC-i members from 28 countries and territories attended this joint meeting, including collaborators from PAHO regional and country offices, WHO, COMISCA, CARPHA, and the Collaborating Center for WHO at US CDC During the virtual meeting, participants discussed the way forward to strengthen SARInet, effectively sharing opportunities and lessons learned from integrating SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in the surveillance platform for influenza and other respiratory viruses, and leveraging the use of data obtained through sentinel surveillance to estimate the burden of disease, vaccine efficacy, and impact.