1176: Preparing for the Next Global Health Event

Major international events put extraordinary pressure on public health systems, making preparation, real-time surveillance, and cross-agency coordination more important than ever. In this episode, Eric Whitworth, chief executive officer of InductiveHealth Informatics, a member of ASTHO's 2026 Innovation Advisory Council, talks about how public health agencies used syndromic surveillance, dashboards, and data integration to monitor health threats during the FIFA World Cup, and what those efforts reveal about preparing for future events like the Super Bowl and the 2028 Olympics. He discusses the importance of early planning, modernizing public health technology, and how targeted AI applications can reduce manual workloads while preserving data privacy and security in an era of shrinking public health resources.