Technical partners: Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) and Instituto Gonçalo Muniz (IGM) | Fiocruz – Bahia

Implementation period: February 2025 to August 2026

Presentation and description:

The project AESOP – Alert-Early System of Outbreaks with Pandemic Potential seeks to develop and implement a geographically localized early alert system for respiratory outbreaks. For this, continuous monitoring of patient visits in Primary Health Care, along with the analysis of clinical and alternative surveillance data, aims for greater accuracy in the early detection of possible outbreaks of respiratory diseases.

Among the initiatives to be carried out to achieve this objective are:

– Development, implementation and validation of anomaly detection algorithms from clinical data;

– Protocols for the collection and analysis of environmental samples of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS);

– Development of detailed maps showing the areas at highest risk for respiratory syndrome outbreaks based on clinical, socioeconomic and bioclimatological factors;

– Creation of an interactive digital platform for training educators and community agents on the prevention and control of respiratory syndromes.

The Outbreak Anticipation System, which uses artificial intelligence and machine, will be implemented starting in 2025 in the capitals of the Northeast and North states of Brazil, with expansion expected to the other municipalities in these regions throughout the study.

The alerts, analyzed and validated by healthcare managers through reports, could anticipate the identification of outbreaks by traditional methods. Developed for administrators and not directly for people who use the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS), AESOP reinforces the relevance of Primary Health Care by improving the detection of outbreaks and benefiting public health and communities.

Beneficiary description:

The beneficiaries of this initiative are all municipalities in the North and Northeast of Brazil.

Municipalities served:

To access the interactive map with all the municipalities supported by the Together for Health program, click here.

The project is supported by Together for Health, a BNDES initiative, in partnership with private donors, with the goal of gathering resources to expand access to public healthcare for the population in the North and Northeast regions of Brazil.

Executor

The Instituto de Biologia Molecular do Paraná (IBMP) (freely translated to Molecular Biology Institute of Paraná) is a private non-profit association, with administrative and financial autonomy, focused on technological development, innovation and industrial-scale production of diagnostic solutions for Brazil’s health sector, serving both the public and private sectors, with special attention to the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). Founded in 1999, IBMP was established to strengthen technological and scientific capacity in the Brazilian state of Paraná, acting as a Scientific and Technological Institution. Over the years, it has established itself as an important player in the advancement of science and technology in the country, supplying high-quality products and solutions to the public health network and contributing to the development of the health diagnostic sector in Brazil.

Supporters

The National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is a federal public company linked to the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services. It is the Federal Government’s main instrument for long-term financing and investment in all segments of the Brazilian economy, with the aim of improving the lives of generations, promoting economic, social and environmental development. It operates throughout the country, from its office in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), where its activities are concentrated, with official headquarters in Brasília (DF) and regional offices in São Paulo (SP) and Recife (PE).

Umane is an independent, non-partisan and non-profit civil society organization that promotes initiatives in the field of public health with the aim of contributing to a more resolute Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) and improving the quality of life of people living in Brazil. Umane operates through three programs: Comprehensive Care for Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (DCNT), with initiatives to control risk factors, screening, expanding access to health and monitoring risk factors in Primary Health Care; Strengthening of Primary Health Care (APS) as the coordinator of care in SUS, through support for initiatives aimed at improving operations, team productivity, integration of services and the incorporation of new technologies into the health system; and the Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health program, funding programs that track and monitor unfavorable outcomes during pregnancy and health conditions of children and adolescents in the context of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases and risk factors.

Manager

IDIS – Institute for the Development of Social Investment, is a civil society organization founded in 1999 and pioneer in technical support to social investors in Brazil. With the mission to inspire, support and promote strategic philanthropy and its impact, they serve individuals, families, companies, corporate and family run institutes and foundations, as well as with civil society organizations, in actions that transform realities and contribute to the reduction of social inequality in the country. Their actions are based on the tripod of generating knowledge, offering advisory and developing social impact projects that contribute to the strengthening of the ecosystem of strategic philanthropy and of giving culture.

Technical partners:

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) (freely translated to Oswaldo Cruz Foundation) is a Brazilian institution, linked to the Ministry of Health, dedicated to science, technology and innovation in the biological and health sciences, which has the objective of promoting health and social development, generating and disseminating scientific and technological knowledge, and being an agent of citizenship. It is the most prominent institution of science and technology in health in Latin America.

Instituto Gonçalo Muniz (IGM) | Fiocruz – Bahia is a Brazilian research and teaching center that is part of Fiocruz, located in Salvador, Bahia. The institute conducts scientific research and provides services related to the field of public health, in addition to postgraduate courses.

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