A few test sites can already help to detect a new (natural or manmade) pandemic at an early stage. Nevertheless, there is room for a few billion dollars if you want to build a global screening network.
Unfortunately, I do not know if there is any organisation with need for funding working on this.
Genomic mass screening of wastewater for unknown pathogens, as described here:
[2108.02678] A Global Nucleic Acid Observatory for Biodefense and Planetary Health (arxiv.org)
A few test sites can already help to detect a new (natural or manmade) pandemic at an early stage. Nevertheless, there is room for a few billion dollars if you want to build a global screening network.
Unfortunately, I do not know if there is any organisation with need for funding working on this.
Also see Carl Shulman’s ‘Envisioning a world immune to global catastrophic biological risks’