Table 1. Changes in the laboratory and surveillance capacities in the five countries (1) prioritized for PIP-PC in WHO’s Western Pacific Region, 2014 (2)–2017.
| Capacity category | Funds spent (million US$) (3) | Capacity (data source) | No. of countries (4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2017 | |||
| Detection | $5.1 | 1. National event-based surveillance system in place including available protocols, definitions and procedures (country self-report) | 1 | 5 |
| 2. Rapid Response Team established and trained in the past year (country self-report) | 3 | 5 | ||
| Monitoring | $1.8 | 3. Influenza-like illness surveillance was conducted, samples collected weekly and regularly sent to a laboratory (country self-report) | 2 | 5 |
| 4. Severe acute respiratory infection surveillance conducted, samples collected weekly and regularly sent to a laboratory (country self-report) | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5. Capacity for influenza virus sequencing (country self-report) | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6. Influenza surveillance reports with integrated data published in the public domain (country self-report) | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7. Consistently (6) reported virological data to WHO FluNET during the influenza season (WHO database) | 4 | 5 | ||
| 8. Consistently (6) reported epidemiological data to WHO FluID during the influenza season (WHO database) | 0 | 5 | ||
| Global collaboration | $1.7 | 9. Shared influenza viruses with WHO at least once a year in the last two years (WHO database) | 5 | 5 |
| 10. Staff trained and certified to ship influenza clinical specimens/virus isolates out of the country (WHO database) | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11. Participated yearly and scored 100% in the WHO External Quality Assessment Project for the detection of influenza viruses by real-time polymerase chain reaction in 2014–2017 (WHO database) | 5 | 4 | ||
1. Cambodia, Fiji, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mongolia and Viet Nam.
2. Funding period not implementation period.
3. Figures extracted from WHO financial management system on 7 March 2018, net of programme support costs.
4. Number of countries receiving PIP-PC funds.
5. Consistently means that a country reports weekly at least 60% of the weeks during the influenza season.