Theory of Change for Building Stronger Wildlife Health Surveillance Systems Globally

• DOI: 10.20944/preprints202407.1055.v1
• Publication Date: 2024-07-16T12:06:49Z
• Authors: Liz P. Noguera Z.; Carrie Kappel; Jonathan M. Sleeman; Marcela M. Uhart; François Diaz; Claire Cayol; Keren Cox-Witton; Clare Death; Damien O. Joly; Kevin Brown; Emma G. Gardner; Sarin Suwanpakdee; Bernard Bett; Kim M. Pepin; Kacey Yellowbird; Dina Saulo; Oliver Morgan; Sarah H. Olson; Mathieu Pruvot
• Keywords: One Health; Mindset; Global Health

Background Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases that infect wildlife, such as African swine fever, avian influenza, SARS-CoV-2, have highlighted the necessity for wildlife health surveillance (WHS) due to their direct indirect impacts on species, ecosystems, domestic animals, human health. While global policies guidelines exist, a critical gap remains in local-to-national implementation of WHS systems. A group local, national, actors formed working address this gap. Methods Findings The reports theory change (ToC) developed implement from local scales. Through brainstorming, plenary exercise, building peer-reviewed science existing systems, we identified six transformative pathways be implemented via collaborations across scales contexts: mindset change, policy investment, user-driven science, technologies, capacity enhancement, mobilization community practice. Interpretation This ToC serves roadmap develop effective systems support adaptive management implementation. is fundamental understanding threats biodiversity animal presents an approach operationalize integration into collaborative One Health surveillance. Funding Science Nature People Partnership.