The COVID-19 pandemic is a global event of unprecedented scale. To respond to the crisis, assess the extent of infection and allocate resources accordingly, health professionals, policymakers and politicians need access to high quality data. How best can such data be gathered, shared and analyzed?

As part of a webinar series on COVID-19, Sciana – The Health Leaders Network examined the scope and quality of data available, what is missing, and the relationship of that with leadership and policymaking in the three Sciana focus countries of Germany, Switzerland and the UK.