The Role of Fusion Centres in Integrating Public Health and Medical Intelligence Gathering

• Nick William Chemosit

  National Government office - Kenya

  Author

 The prevalence of disease in public health and medicine has periodically been overlooked prevalence of disease in public health and medicine has periodically been overlooked throughout the past decade due to the reluctance to report wrongdoing and the difficulties in throughout the past decade due to the reluctance to report wrongdoing and the difficulties in establishing causal relationships between causes and subsequent sicknesses. This happens as an establishing causal relationships between causes and subsequent sicknesses. This happens as a result of the need to react to a variety of emergencies, including public health crises, natural result of the need to react to a variety of emergencies, including public health crises, natural catastrophes, and complicated massive disastrous situations. Security forces’ crucial role in catastrophes, and complicated massive disastrous situations. Security forces’ crucial role in fostering national development, notably in preventing disease spread, remains underappreciated. fostering national development, notably in preventing disease spread, remains underappreciated. In Kenya, research on health security has concentrated on how political, economic, and social Kenya, research on health security has concentrated on how political, economic, and social factors influence disease management within counties. This study examines the role of fusion factors influence disease management within counties. This study examines the role of fusion centers in integrating public health and medical intelligence gathering in Kenya. The skills to centers in integrating public health and medical intelligence gathering in Kenya. The skills to improve and maintain Kenya's health improve and maintain Kenya's health security, a technical infrastructure assessment for security, a technical infrastructure assessment for information sharing, and resource allocation are the specific objectives that this study sought to information sharing, and resource allocation are the specific objectives that this study sought to examine. The study employed both primary and secondary data. 200 respondents were studied, among them top clinical leaders, doctors, members of the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists among them top clinical leaders, doctors,  Kenya Medical Research Institute, pharmacy and poisons board members, and Dentists' Union, patients, security personnel, Kenya Bureau of Standards representatives, national environmental patients, security personnel, anti-counterfeit authority, and Kenya Revenue Authority, as well as representatives from a few  different Kenyan government agencies. Secondary data is collected from journals and documented scholarly articles. The study recommends the establishment of a legal framework in Kenya that encourages collaboration between law enforcement and medical practitioners. It further Kenya that encourages collaboration between law enforcement and medical practitioners. It further recommends the establishment of integrated fusion centers in major cities to improve healthcare. There is need for the security agencies in Kenya to learn from countries that have integrated fusion centers with public health and implement their best practices. Lastly, the study suggests that the national and county governments set aside funds to assist with establishing local fusion centers.

1. Nick William Chemosit , National Government office - Kenya

   Nick is a professional civil servant working with the National Government Office (NGAO). is an He is a Ph.D. candidate in the Nick is a professional civil servant working with the National Government Office (NGAO). He is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Public Policy and Administration, majoring in policy analysis. He is studying a doctoral thesis titled "The Role of Policy Networks in Climate Security in Kenya." He holds an MBA and Bachelor of Business Management from Kenyatta and Moi University respectively. He is an upcoming security policy analyst and has published peer-reviewed articles.

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