This book outlines essential elements of the evaluation of health surveillance within the One Health concept. It provides an introduction to basic theoretical notions of evaluation and vividly discusses related challenges. Expert authors cover the entire spectrum of available, innovative methods, from those for system process evaluations to methods for the economic evaluation of the surveillance strategies. Each chapter provides a detailed description of the methodology required and the tools available as illustrated by practical examples of animal health or One Health surveillance evaluations in both developed and developing countries.

Targeting not only scientists, including epidemiologists, but also technical advisers of decision-makers, the present work is suitable for the evaluation of any type of health surveillance system - animal, human or combined - regardless of the socio-economic context. The volume is richly equipped with practical tools and examples, which enables the reader to apply the methods described. Increasing importance of health surveillance, and threats from disease outbreaks such as the coronavirus pandemic, underline the practical relevance of this work, which will fill an important gap in the literature.

Why do we need to evaluate surveillance?

The different types and level of evaluation
Framework for Evaluating Animal Disease surveillance systems
The Eva Survtool : an integrated framework for evaluation of health surveillance
The economics of surveillance: ead author - Keith Howe - max 15 pages
Economic evaluation methods From principles to practice:
Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Health Surveillance Systems
The use of participatory methods in evaluation of health surveillance systems
Evaluation of collaboration in a multisectoral surveillance system: the ECoSur tool.
Quantitative methods to evaluate surveillance effectiveness
Network analysis for animal health surveillance design and evaluation
Animal health surveillance evaluation in the policy cycle
Animal disease surveillance: compliance and real governance
Integrating surveillance evaluation outputs in the policy cycle
Added value and impact of the evaluation process
Synthesis and further needs for innovation in health surveillance evaluation approaches.<p></p>