Table 3.

Gaps identified and addressed by the GHSI EAR project

Gap Identified	GHSI EAR Response	Result	Outcome
Fragmented and personalized risk assessment with great variability between countries.	To define analyst needs and expectations through a survey;22 to formalize risk assessment tools and develop a common portal for item capture, filter, validation, and assessment.	A common portal for risk analysts to use for the detection and assessment of threats was set up and SOPs for risk assessment for biological threats produced.	Development of a more systematic and rational approach to biological threat detection and assessment.
Lack of a communication framework between risk analysts and general reluctance in information sharing.	To create a network of epidemic intelligence expert analysts and system providers that acts as a framework for information sharing. To establish a rotation system of risk assessment involving 7 countries and an international organization.	An information-sharing framework that has gradually built trust and confidence in each other's abilities, reaching the point of becoming a rotation system for risk assessment across 3 continents.	Establishment of a common, trusted network of stakeholders in biological threat surveillance.