Fig. 1
From: How can we weather a virus storm? Health prediction inspired by meteorology could be the answer
The World health infrastructure: schematic of the interactions between the National Health Services (NHSs), the proposed Health Prediction Center (HCP) and other international organizations, and the World Health Organization. WHO, with the support of the NHSs and the HPC, defines the type of observations to collect, their standards, and a communication protocol. The NHSs collect daily observations, and exchange them in real time via the health global telecommunication network (GHTN). The HPC has real-time access to these data, produces global analyses (i.e. snapshots of the actual health state of the globe) and forecasts, and issue them. Forecasts and analyses are also exchanged via the GHTN. The NHSs have access to the HPC global analyses and forecasts, and use them in their daily operational activities