IDDO: FAIR, equitable and sustainable data platform for infectious diseases

The COVID-19 pandemic has once again exposed the lack of coordination and cooperation across the research and development efforts of the infectious disease community. A key indicator of this failing is the lack of international, interoperable data platforms to provide rapid insight into disease pathogenesis and treatment. Access to data is an important tool for accelerating evidence, product development, and scientific innovation. Enhanced technology, infrastructure and systems for data platforms will increase Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse (FAIR), so that science can advance in a rapid, robust and innovative way, saving lives in the affected communities. Recognising the importance and complexity of the task at hand, this project brings together the vast experience of IDDO, Vivli, and other key stakeholders to deliver a broad, effective, and sustainable data platform(s) for infectious diseases. In this project, IDDO will: Enhance its platform for improved findability, discovery, and persistence which ensures that data are available in the long-term; Optimise and accelerate its data curation capacity; Streamline and accelerate its data access workflow; Develop a business plan to secure the sustainability and success of the platform