The conception of creating WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence: Keywords and their terminological analysis

The conception of the computerized system which is being created on the initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) and called WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence is considered. In the description of the conception, words “data,” “information,” and “knowledge” are used (in keywords “knowledge sharing,” “knowledge representation,” “knowledge exchange,” and “knowledge generation”). The understanding of this conception as the basis for the creation of the WHO Hub will largely be determined by their interpretation corresponding to its contextual meaning. The need to create such systems at the national, regional, and global levels was justified in May 2021 in the report of the International Commission of Experts established by WHO, which gives relevance to the analysis of the system of terms of the conception not only for the creation of the WHO Hub. The main aim of the paper is to analyze the principal conceptual statements of WHO Hub creation and to propose an interpretation of their keywords and their Russian-language translation equivalents corresponding to its contextual meaning. At the same time, it is shown that in order to understand this conception, it is also necessary to find out the meanings of such English-language terms as “intelligence,” “context,” and “insight.” In the case of translation of the conception into Russian, it is also necessary to find their Russian-language translation equivalents according to the contexts of their use.