A community-of-practice-built database to support the implementation and operation of national and subnational wildlife health surveillance systems.

ABSTRACT: Historically, poor data management has hampered the establishment and operation of wildlife health surveillance (WHS) systems and limited the integration of environmental data into One Health frameworks. Effective WHS purpose-built databases are key to solve this problem, yet the few options available remain inaccessible or narrow in scope. To address this gap, an international partnership is developing the Health and Wildlife Knowledge (HAWK) database. HAWK supports the management of diverse data generated by multiple actors and methodologies, all within a harmonized structure and vocabulary facilitating data access, analysis, communication, and reuse. Data are secured through compartmentalization across organizations and users, while supporting compliance of FAIR and CARE data principles

SUBMITTER: Montecino-Latorre D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12553013 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature