Global & Community Health: What Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Teach Us About Neurologic Surveillance Approaches, and How Should We Be Better Prepared?

It is well recognized that many pandemic viruses are associated with neurologic complications, most recently with COVID-19. After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, neurologic surveillance platforms were implemented to characterize the complications of COVID-19. Surveillance platforms are invaluable in providing timely data, informing clinical practice, and directing future research. Lessons learned from recent neurologic surveillance networks include the importance of global and cross-specialty collaboration. It is critical for future surveillance systems to consider these aspects, as it will also serve to improve representation of low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and communities. Trainees played a critical role in the success of neurologic surveillance networks; as frontline health care workers, they were able to provide timely data collection, and their fresh insights are important for future pandemic surveillance system development. In this article, we review the methods of recent neurologic surveillance networks and discuss their strengths and limitations. We explore the outlook for pandemic surveillance platforms and the crucial role global collaboration plays in ensuring that LMICs are represented. We review the role of trainees in pandemic surveillance networks and discuss how it is vital to encourage their continued involvement to ensure that, as future health care leaders, they are prepared to manage future pandemics effectively.

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Neurology
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2025-11-24
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https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000214431
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Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
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Global & Community Health: What Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Teach Us About Neurologic Surveillance Approaches, and How Should We Be Better Prepared?

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Abstract

It is well recognized that many pandemic viruses are associated with neurologic complications, most recently with COVID-19. After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, neurologic surveillance platforms were implemented to characterize the complications of COVID-19. Surveillance platforms are invaluable in providing timely data, informing clinical practice, and directing future research. Lessons learned from recent neurologic surveillance networks include the importance of global and cross-specialty collaboration. It is critical for future surveillance systems to consider these aspects, as it will also serve to improve representation of low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and communities. Trainees played a critical role in the success of neurologic surveillance networks; as frontline health care workers, they were able to provide timely data collection, and their fresh insights are important for future pandemic surveillance system development. In this article, we review the methods of recent neurologic surveillance networks and discuss their strengths and limitations. We explore the outlook for pandemic surveillance platforms and the crucial role global collaboration plays in ensuring that LMICs are represented. We review the role of trainees in pandemic surveillance networks and discuss how it is vital to encourage their continued involvement to ensure that, as future health care leaders, they are prepared to manage future pandemics effectively.

NeurologyVol. 105(12)
Northwestern University (US), Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (GB), NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital (US), Johns Hopkins University (US), University of Liverpool (GB), Inserm (FR), King's College London (GB), University of Cambridge (GB), Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US), Johns Hopkins Medicine (US), Royal Victoria Infirmary (GB), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble (FR), Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust (GB), Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (GB), Oxford Research Group (GB), University Teaching Hospital (ZM), Walton Centre (GB), University of Manchester (GB), University of Zambia (ZM), University of Oxford (GB), MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL (GB), Bridge University (SS), Biology of Infection (FR), Manchester College (GB), Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences (FR), University College London (GB), New York University (US), Newcastle University (GB), Université Grenoble Alpes (FR), University of Edinburgh (GB)
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