Brett Archer

Brett Archer is an Epidemiologist in the Surveillance Systems Department in the WHO Health Emergencies Programme. After undertaking medical science, public health and field epidemiology training, he has dedicated the past 15 years to strengthening public health intelligence for minimizing the impact of infectious diseases and outbreaks at state and national level in South Africa (NICD) and Australia (NCIRS, NSW Health, DHAC), regionally (WHO Regional Office for Africa), and now globally (WHO HQ). He played a leading role in the conceptualization of collaborative surveillance and is currently coordinating a programme to accelerate its implementation.