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Prev Vet Med. 2019 Dec 1;173:104777. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2019.104777. Epub 2019 Sep 18. The RISKSUR EVA tool (Survtool): A tool for the integrated evaluation of animal health surveillance systems.
Peyre M1, Hoinville L2, Njoroge J3, Cameron A4, Traon D5, Goutard F6, Calba C6, Grosbois V6, Delabouglise A7, Varant V3, Drewe J2, Pfeiffer D2, H?sler B8.
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1 Animal, Sant?, Territoires, Risques et Ecosyst?mes (ASTRE), Centre de Coop?ration Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le D?velopement (CIRAD), TA C 22/E Campus International Baillarguet, 343988 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. Electronic address: marisa.peyre@cirad.fr. 2 Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health Group, Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield AL9 7TA, UK. 3 Tracetracker, Prinsens gate 5, 0152 Oslo, Norway. 4 AusVet Animal Health Services, Wentworth Falls, New South Wales, Australia. 5 Arcadia International E.E.I.G. Chauss?e de Louvain, 1220 1200 Brussels, Belgium. 6 Animal, Sant?, Territoires, Risques et Ecosyst?mes (ASTRE), Centre de Coop?ration Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le D?velopement (CIRAD), TA C 22/E Campus International Baillarguet, 343988 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. 7 Animal, Sant?, Territoires, Risques et Ecosyst?mes (ASTRE), Centre de Coop?ration Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le D?velopement (CIRAD), TA C 22/E Campus International Baillarguet, 343988 Montpellier Cedex 5, France; Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health Group, Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield AL9 7TA, UK. 8 Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health Group and Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health, Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield AL9 7TA, UK.
Abstract
Information about infectious diseases at the global level relies on effective, efficient and sustainable national and international surveillance systems. Surveillance systems need to be regularly evaluated to ensure their performance, the quality of the data and information provided, as well as to allocate resources efficiently. Currently available frameworks for evaluation of surveillance systems in animal or human health often treat technical, process and socio-economic aspects separately instead of integrating them. The surveillance evaluation (EVA) tool, a support tool for the evaluation of animal health surveillance systems, was developed to provide guidance for integrated evaluation of animal health surveillance including economic evaluation. The tool was developed by international experts in surveillance and evaluation in an iterative process of development, testing and revision taking into account existing frameworks and guidance, scientific literature and expert opinion. The EVA tool encompasses a web interface for users to develop an evaluation plan, a Wiki classroom to provide theoretical information on all required concepts and a generic evaluation work plan to facilitate implementation and reporting of outputs to decision makers. The tool was tested by planning and conducting epidemiological and economic evaluations of surveillance for classical and African swine fever, bovine virus diarrhoea, avian influenza, and Salmonella Dublin in five European countries. These practical applications highlighted the importance of a comprehensive evaluation approach to improve the quality of the evaluation outputs (economic evaluation; multiple attributes assessment) and demonstrated the usefulness of the guidance provided by the EVA tool. At the same time they showed that comprehensive evaluations might be constrained by practical issues (e.g. confidentiality concerns, data availability) and resource scarcity. In the long term, the EVA tool is expected to increase professional evaluation capacity and help optimising animal health surveillance system efficiency and resource allocation for both public and private actors of the surveillance systems.
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KEYWORDS:
Animal health; Animal health economics; Assessment; Decision tool; Disease; Evaluation; Surveillance
PMID: 31731037 DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2019.104777
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