A Binational Influenza Surveillance Network – California/Baja California

In response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, the Early Warning Infectious Disease Surveillance Program Office of Binational Border Health in the California Department of Public Health sought to strengthen outpatient ILI surveillance along the CA/BC border by creating the first binational influenza surveillance network in the region. The establishment of this network was crucial for enhancing cross-border situational awareness of influenza activity, especially in a region characterized by high levels of population mobility.

Objective

To enhance cross-border surveillance for Influenza-Like-Illness (ILI) in the California/Baja California (CA/BC) border region through the formation of a border binational surveillance network.