Health Sentinel Surveillance Platform

Human Sentinel Surveillance Platform

Early detection, real-time monitoring, and coordinated response for priority health and psychosocial challenges in Palestine.

The Health Sentinel Surveillance Platform (HSSP) integrates standardized data from sentinel sites—hospitals, clinics, and community centers— to support evidence-based decisions and strengthen resilience against current crises and future public health threats.

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Sentinel sites
Hospitals, clinics, community centers
Standardized indicators
Mental health, stress, exposures
Resilient system
Scalable & sustainable nationally
Priority health & psychosocial challenges
  • Timely, reliable reporting
    Digital tools + harmonized protocols across sites
  • Evidence-based decisions
    Improves communication between institutions
  • Local capacity building
    Co-creation, training, and continuous improvement
  • Future-ready surveillance
    Designed to respond to crises and emerging threats
Real-time monitoring
Multi-stakeholder collaboration

Integrated sentinel reporting

Collects standardized information from selected sentinel sites to strengthen early detection and monitoring of priority indicators.

User-friendly digital platform

Built on accessible tools and harmonized workflows to support high-quality reporting, validation, and institutional coordination.

Sustainable & scalable

Designed as a resilient surveillance ecosystem that can grow nationally and respond to future public health threats.

Pilot study in Palestine

The pilot study is a critical first step to test and refine the sentinel surveillance system before national deployment. Implemented in selected health and community settings across Gaza and the West Bank, it focuses on system feasibility and priority public health needs—especially the psychosocial burden among healthcare professionals under ongoing conflict.

Core focus
Psychosocial and mental health outcomes (stress, trauma, burnout) among frontline healthcare professionals.

  • Test and validate the sentinel surveillance approach, tools, reporting mechanisms, and co-creation processes.
  • Assess feasibility and functionality of the digital platform, standardized indicators, and operational workflows.
  • Document psychosocial and mental health burden among healthcare professionals working under extreme pressure.
  • Identify gaps in institutional support, psychological services, and workplace protection for frontline health workers.
  • Generate actionable evidence to optimize tools, training, and protocols for national scale-up.

  • Mixed-methods sentinel surveillance across selected health and community sites in Gaza and the West Bank.
  • Qualitative inputs (focus groups, open-ended questionnaires, participatory feedback) to capture lived experiences and context.
  • Quantitative measures using standardized mental health screening tools (stress, trauma, burnout, related outcomes).
  • Centralized digital reporting enabling real-time monitoring, quality control, and indicator validation.
  • Capacity assessment of local teams applying standardized protocols and co-creating improvements.

  • Healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses, allied health workers) as primary sentinel populations.
  • Hospitals, clinics, and community sites as sentinel reporting locations.
  • Local research teams and field coordinators for data collection, quality assurance, and contextual adaptation.
  • Health authorities and policymakers supporting fieldwork and integration into national strategies.

Learn more about the Human Sentinel platform

Visit the official website for platform details, updates, and resources.

humansentinel.net

This South initiative project is a Belgian-Palestinian collaboration funded by the VLIR-UOS (2025–2027). 

The project comes in response to the severe weakening of the capacities of academic and health institutions following the conflict in Palestine, limiting resources for data collection, evidence-based interventions, and personnel training.