Group A Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Lao PDR Dr Ly Sovann

Texts Title Background Reflects the content of the article, as you will below, may well need to be changed Background Should mention the original objectives of GISN Identify circulating viruses to inform vaccine strain selection No systematic collection and use of epidemiologic data

Overall Comments ILI Data are not comparable across countries Different Denominator Case definition Service delivery capacity Data are incomplete and for only three years, one of which was a pandemic year North, South and tropical: Should explain in difference Pacific Islands seasonality Policy changed during Pandemic Minimum consensus of criteria Establish regional ILI surveillance with same case definition ? Propose for virology analysis focus ?

Overall Comments ILI Propose discussion by similar group countries and specific countries No clear explanation epidemiology figure ? The miss countries data should encourage to submit the data Positive sample among sample collected Meta analyzing from the regional publish Review Data collection form more appropriate from the countries again Age, Gender, seanality

Overall Comments SARI/ARI Some countries submitted data but not in the draft: Ex. Cambodia Propose detail analyzing as ILI Age, Gender, seasonality and fatality Table missing

Discussion section More epidemiology description Times, seasonality Pattern of transmission Geographic Demographic

Recommendations Get additional data from country reports and websites Get additional data from interviews with country staff Make a detailed table that explains each country’s surveillance system