PART 1. General questions
1.1. What is your name?; 1.2. What is your country?; 1.3. What is your email? If you provide this we assume that you give us permission to contact you about your answers.; 1.4. What is your affiliation?; 1.5. What is your role/function within your organization?; 1.6. Would you like to be acknowledged in any report on this survey? (Y/N); 1.7. Who did you consult to complete this questionnaire? Please provide name, institution and role/function of the institution.
1.8. Please indicate whether in the last 5 years (2020—present) any type of surveillance or control was deployed* or planned in your country (*see definitions) Surveillance of WNV vectors (Y/N); Control of WNV vectors (Y/N); Surveillance of Aedes invasive mosquitoes (Y/N); Control of Aedes invasive mosquitoes (Y/N)
PART 2. Questions if no surveillance implemented in your country
2.1. If no surveillance is carried out in your country, please specify the reason why mosquito surveillance was not implemented in your country. Multiple reasons per mosquito group are possible (specify for WNV vectors and Aedes invasive species)
Vector-borne disease(s) transmitted by this mosquito group is NOT a public or veterinary health problem/priority in the country; 2. Mosquito surveillance does not contribute to response and control of vector-borne diseases; 3. There is no legal framework within which mosquito surveillance can be organised; 4. There is a lack of resources to implement mosquito surveillance; 5. Other (please specify - for each mosquito group); 6 Don't know /NA
PART 3. Questions about mosquito surveillance
3.1. If YES, please specify the reason why surveillance was implemented. Multiple reasons per mosquito group are possible.
Vector-borne diseases transmitted by this mosquito group are a public or veterinary health problem/priority in the country; 2. Mosquito surveillance informs response to and control of vector-borne diseases; 3. Mosquito surveillance is needed to assess the introduction and spread of invasive vector species; 4. There is a legal obligation; 5. Other (please specify for each mosquito group); 6 Don't know /NA
3.2. If mosquito surveillance was implemented in a context of a legal framework, can you specify below. Multiple reasons per mosquito group are possible.
Related to the International Health Regulation of surveillance at points of entry; 2. Embedded in a legal framework on diseases surveillance in the country; 3. Based on a specific legislation on mosquito surveillance in the country; 4. Other (please specify, for each mosquito group); None; Don't know /NA
3.3. Which ministry is responsible for mosquito surveillance? Here we ask the ministry that has the overall responsibility and oversight of mosquito surveillance and is legally bound to it. Multiple ministries per disease (group) are possible if the responsibility is joint. This is organizational level 1 (Fig.1). Please specify for each mosquito group.
Ministry of Health at national level; 2. Ministry of Agriculture of national level; 3. Ministry of Environment at national level; 4. Ministry of Health at sub-national level; 5. Ministry of Agriculture at sub-national level; 6. Ministry of Environment at sub-national level; Other (please specify for each disease); None; Don't know /NA
3.4. Is the surveillance plan per mosquito group designed at national or at sub-national level? A plan can be designed at national level, but targeting only specific areas e.g. points of entry or areas at risk for vector-borne diseases, or depending on levels of establishment or ecological conditions, but, in those situations, you should check 'national'. Please specify for each mosquito group.
National; 2. Sub-national
3.5. Who designs the actual mosquito surveillance plan? Here we ask for the organization/agency that is responsible for designing a plan on "what, when, and where" needs to be done related to mosquito surveillance. This is at organizational level 2 (Fig.1). Please specify for each mosquito group.
Dedicated agency; 2. Working group within a ministry; 3. Working group between ministries; 4. Public/Veterinary health agency; 5. Scientific/Academic institution; 6. Private company or organization; 7. Other (please specify for each mosquito group); 8. None; 9. Don't know /NA
3.6. Specify which organization/agency is responsible for designing of the actual mosquito surveillance plan by providing the name of the agency and their website. It can be more than one if e.g. the design of the actual mosquito surveillance plan is at sub-national level. If you believe further explanation is necessary, you can provide an extra comment.
Mosquito vectors of WNV: Name, website, Comment; Aedes Invasive mosquitoes: name, website, Comment;
3.7. Who is responsible for the evaluation and possible re-adjustments of the mosquito surveillance plan? Multiple answers per mosquito group are possible.
The same organization/agency that develops the surveillance plan; 2. Other (Please specify for each mosquito group); Don't know /NA
3.8. How often is the evaluation and re-adjustment of the surveillance plan done? Specify per mosquito group.
Each year; 2. Every 2 - 5 years; 3. Less often than every 5 years; 4. Never
3.9. If mosquito surveillance is implemented, who executes the mosquito surveillance in your country? Here we ask for the organization or agency that carries out the day-to-day mosquito surveillance activities. organizational level 3 (Fig.1). Specify for each mosquito group.
Dedicated agency; 2. Public/Veterinary health agency; 3. Scientific/Academic institution; 4. Private company or organization; 5. Other (please specify for each mosquito group); None; Don't know/NA
3.10. Specify which organizations/agencies are responsible for the execution of the mosquito surveillance. Provide their name and website. If you believe further explanation is necessary you can provide an extra comment.
Mosquito vectors of WNV: Name, website, Comment; Invasive Aedes mosquitoes: name, website, Comment