Table 3. Key potential users and uses of the DST across the three main departments involved in KFD management, namely Public Health, Animal Health and Forest, as identified by stakeholders at the second workshop.

Level	Details	Animal Health Department	Public Health Department	Forest Department
National Level	User		National Centre for Disease Control
	Use of DST		Guide supervision of Outbreak investigations, research planning, Technical meetings and reporting to higher National level officials
State Level	User	Joint Director Animal Health	Joint Director Communicable Diseases	Principal Chief Conservator of Forests
	Use of DST	Tool used to view risk and report to higher officials and ministers, assist with planning and implementation of field activity, resource and media management, to facilitate inter / intra departmental coordination		Risk maps to guide tick control, locations of IEC hoardings, monkey death surveillance, staff protection
	Data entry	Resource inventory at State level, checking data entered at lower levels
District Level	User	Deputy Director Animal Health	District Health Officer	Divisional Forest Officer
	Use of DST	Human case and monkey death locations and risk maps would facilitate supervision/planning of field implementation and tick vector control measures	Use tool to supervise field implementation, resource planning, manage media and mobilize local elected representatives	As above
	Data entry	District inventory of resources for PPE and tick control measures	District inventory of resources such as vaccines and repellents, check data from lower levels	Check data from lower levels
Taluk Level	User	Assistant Director Animal Health	Taluka Health Officer	Assistant Conservator of Forests
	Use of DST	Human case and monkey death locations and risk maps would facilitate supervision/planning of field implementation and tick vector control measures	Use tool to supervise field implementation, resource planning, manage media and mobilize local elected representatives	As above
	Data entry	Taluka inventory of resources for PPE and tick control measures	Taluka resource inventory and vaccine coverage, case locations, referrals, information on samples	Check data from lower levels
Ground level or Periphery	User	Veterinary Officers (Veterinary Dispensary)	Primary Health Centre Medical Officers (PHC MOs)	Range Forest Officer
	Use of DST	Human case and monkey death locations and post-mortem protocols in tool would facilitate role in tick vector control (on livestock), monkey post-mortems and sample collection	PHC MOs would use risk maps and IEC (e.g. on KFD symptoms, risks from ticks, tick prevention measures), stock inventory at Taluka level to plan and supervise field implementation	As above
	Data entry	post-mortem results and some monkey death locations (where not entered by the forest department	PHC resource inventory, vaccine coverage of population, case locations and patient histories, information on suspected samples for the laboratory and referrals	Monkey death events, human case locations, vaccination status of staff, hoarding locations
	User		Junior Health Workers	Forest Guard
	Use of DST		Would use risk maps and IEC (e.g. on KFD symptoms, risks from ticks, tick prevention measures), stock levels of oil and vaccines, to target preventative measures in community	Raise awareness of risk areas and monkey deaths among public
	Data entry		Fever surveillance, monkey deaths, human cases	Report monkey death events, human case locations
	User		Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs)
	Use of DST		Would use risk maps and IEC (e.g. on KFD symptoms, risks from ticks, tick prevention measures), stock levels of oil and vaccines, to target preventative measures in community
	Data entry		Fever surveillance, monkey deaths, human cases

IEC = Information-Education-Communication.