• Strengthen epidemiological and virological surveillance of influenza, avian influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and SARS-CoV-2:
• Strengthen the use of surveillance information for analysis of severity, disease burden, vaccine effectiveness and impact:
• Disseminate updated and integrated guidelines for planning the preparation of future epidemics and pandemics caused by respiratory pathogens:
• Strengthen molecular diagnosis and viral genomic sequencing in the Region:
• Train on mortality surveillance strategies and review of action plans in the Region in these aspects.

1. Review the status of current national guidelines for surveillance of diseases caused by respiratory viruses and perform a prioritized sentinel sites assessment to implement ILI and SARI surveillance;

2. Evaluate and discuss the functionalities of PAHO Flu information system, including the needs assessment of the information system for respiratory virus surveillance in Saint Vincent and The Grenadines and elaboration of the action plan for strengthening the electronic platform to conduct the surveillance:

3. Perform a complete laboratory assessment to evaluate the installed technical capacity and identify opportunities for improvement and strengthening of laboratory capacities for integrated influenza and SARS-CoV-2 virologic surveillance.