Disease Surveillance
All individuals
Recognise program to provide timely data and information for the population
Building sentinel sites to monitor risks and respond quickly
A Sentinel Network for mental health would track anonymized data nationwide to monitor risks and illness trends. This surveillance system enables early detection, risk assessment, and improved care quality.
Evidence Base
A Sentinel Network is an active research and surveillance unit collecting pseudonymised coded data across India. A network for mental health that reports anonymised data to a central repository to monitor risks, behaviours, and illness will be crucial. With a timely disease surveillance system, we will have adequate information for early detection and intervention, predict and assess risk factors and protective factors, and use this information to improve the quality of care appropriately.