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A systematic review on integration mechanisms in human and animal health surveillance systems with a view to addressing global health security threats.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Global health preparedness for biosecurity threats: a review of emerging technologies and solutions.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- The dual burden of animal and human zoonoses: A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Pooled it
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- Assessing Malawi's animal health surveillance system using the FAO surveillance evaluation tool: gaps, strengths, and opportunities for one health resilience.BMC veterinary research · 2026Article
- West Nile Virus in Horses as a Sentinel Host in One Health Surveillance: Epidemiological Insights and Future Perspectives.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Cross-national variations and demographic disparities in health surveillance system performance: a comparative analysis of OECD member countries.Health research policy and systems · 2026Article
- Integrating systems thinking for analyzing and designing national early warning surveillance for animal health: a perspective from Tanzania.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Surveillance System for Infectious Disease Prevention and Management: Direction of Korea's Infectious Disease Surveillance System.Journal of Korean medical science · 2025Review
- Developing a one health data integration framework focused on real-time pathogen surveillance and applied genomic epidemiology.One health outlook · 2025Article
- Digitalizing disease surveillance: experience from Sierra Leone.Health policy and planning · 2025Article
- Strengthening Outbreak Detection in Africa to Achieve the 7-1-7 Global Framework: Challenges and Opportunities.Public health reviews · 2025Review
- One digital health through wearables: a viewpoint on human-pet integration towards Healthcare 5.0.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- Advancing One Health implementation and technological innovation in China: a technology assessment approach.Science in One Health · 2025Review
- [Evaluation of the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Surveillance System in the Assaba region, Mauritania (2020-2022)].Medecine tropicale et sante internationale · 2024Article
- Surveillance system integration: reporting the results of a global multicountry survey.Public health · 2024Article
- One Health gains momentum in Africa but room exists for improvement.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2022Article
- Evaluating Completeness of Foodborne Outbreak Reporting in the United States, 1998-2019.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundHealth surveillance is an important element of disease prevention, control, and management. During the past two decades, there have been several initiatives to integrate health surveillance systems using various mechanisms ranging from the integration of data sources to changing organizational structures and responses. The need for integration is caused by an increasing demand for joint data collection, use and preparedness for emerging infectious diseases.
objectiveTo review the integration mechanisms in human and animal health surveillance systems and identify their contributions in strengthening surveillance systems attributes.
methodThe review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis Protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 checklist. Peer-reviewed articles were searched from PubMed, HINARI, Web of Science, Science Direct and advanced Google search engines. The review included articles published in English from 1900 to 2018. The study selection considered all articles that used quantitative, qualitative or mixed research methods. Eligible articles were assessed independently for quality by two authors using the QualSyst Tool and relevant information including year of publication, field, continent, addressed attributes and integration mechanism were extracted.
resultsA total of 102 publications were identified and categorized into four pre-set integration mechanisms: interoperability (35), convergent integration (27), semantic consistency (21) and interconnectivity (19). Most integration mechanisms focused on sensitivity (44.1%), timeliness (41.2%), data quality (23.5%) and acceptability (17.6%) of the surveillance systems. Generally, the majority of the surveillance system integrations were centered on addressing infectious diseases and all hazards. The sensitivity of the integrated systems reported in these studies ranged from 63.9 to 100% (median = 79.6%,
conclusionInteroperability and semantic consistency are the common integration mechanisms in human and animal health surveillance systems. Surveillance system integration is a relatively new concept but has already been shown to enhance surveillance performance. More studies are needed to gain information on further surveillance attributes.
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