Resilience through data

Equipping National Statistical Offices with skills and tools to support evidence-based preparedness and response to emergencies, such as infectious disease outbreaks.

What is Analysis for Action?

Analysis for Action is a free-to-use global platform designed for National Statistical Offices and public health stakeholders. Developed by an international team of experts, the platform provides quality assured tools, guidance, and training to strengthen preparedness and support evidence-based decision-making during emergencies, such as infectious disease outbreaks. By building sustainable capacity across five key areas, Analysis for Action strives to ensure that countries are better equipped to respond effectively and confidently when it matters most.

About the platform

Preparedness saves lives

The statistics

'Invest in preparedness now to create fully functional capacities at the national, regional and global level'

The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness & Response (5)

Learning resources

14.8 million+

deaths from all respiratory disease 1980-2021. (1)

A graph to show significant pandemic instances and the number of deaths as a result

7 million+

deaths from COVID-19 as of August 2025. (2)

A graph to show 7 million + deaths from Covid-19 as of August 2025

88 million+

people pushed into extreme poverty due to COVID-19. (3)

A graph to show that 88 million+ people have been pushed into extreme poverty due to COVID-19

34 pathogens

identified as diseases with pandemic potential. (4)

A graphical representation of diseases with pandemic potential.

Case Studies

Working with the Ministry of Health

Strengthening data-driven health strategies through close collaboration.

Using administrative data during COVID-19

Leveraging existing administrative datasets to monitor trends.

Implementing a new statistical law

Understanding how statistical laws are developed and implemented.

Working with international organisations

Coordinating efforts with global partners.

Global impact

50 experts

internationally have contributed to content for Analysis for Action

48 countries

have joined the Analysis for Action global network

100 000 users

of Analysis for Action resources so far

Strategic partners

Office for National Statistics logo
Emblem of Nepal
National Statistical Office of Malawi
INDEC logo
Wellcome
HERD International logo
LUKE International logo
CEMIC logo

(1) Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (2024) Global Burden of Disease (2024)– with minor processing by Our World in Data. Deaths from infectious diseases [dataset]. In: Global Burden of Disease - Deaths and DALYs [original data]. Available at: https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20250624-125417/grapher/deaths-from-infectious-diseases.html (Accessed 26th August 2025).

(2) World Health Organisation (2025) WHO COVID-19 dashboard. Available at: https://data.who.int/dashboards/covid19/deaths (Accessed 26th August 2025).

(3) The World Bank Group. Poverty and Shared Prosperity (2020) Washington, DC: World Bank Group. Available at: https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/poverty-and-shared-prosperity (Accessed 26th August 2025).

(4) World Health Organisation (2019) Pathogens Prioritization. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/consultation-rdb/prioritization-pathogens-v6final.pdf (Accessed 26th August 2025).

(5) The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness & Response (2021) COVID-19: Make it the Last Pandemic. Available at: https://theindependentpanel.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/COVID-19-Make-it-the-Last-Pandemic_final.pdf (Accessed 19th August 2025).