• Full Name:   Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) system
• Digital Tool Website:   https://www.who.int/initiatives/eios/eios-technology
• Description:   The EIOS system is a fit- for-purpose but constantly evolving web-based system designed to augment and accelerate global public health intelligence (PHI) activities, built on a collaboration between WHO and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission. The EIOS system collates each day hundreds of thousands of articles from a broad range of sources, including traditional online media and specific social media sources, government and official web sites, news aggregators, blogs and expert groups, and collaborating initiatives. It runs these sources through a series of text mining and analytical modules to sort and categorize articles by topics, country, language, source and contextual indices. The system regularly checks for new information, which is downloaded and automatically processed and published through the secure EIOS user interface within a few minutes, accessible only to authorised individuals within the EIOS community.

• License:   Open Source

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