Data Blindspots: High-Tech Disease Surveillance Misses the Poor

Evidence from over 100 years of epidemiological study demonstrates a consistent, negative association between health and economic prosperity. In many settings, it is clear that causal links exist between lower socioeconomic status and both reduced access to healthcare and increased disease burden. However, our study is the first to demonstrate that the increased disease burden in at-risk populations interacts with their reduced access to healthcare to hinder surveillance.

Objective

Improve situational awareness for influenza by combining multiple data sources to predict influenza outbreaks in at-risk populations.