Table 1.

Evaluation checklist

Category	Criteria	1	2	3	4	5	NA
Stakeholders	Describe persons or organisations who will use the data gathered by the surveillance system.			C	Ca		Cap
	Cape
	Describe resources required to operate the system.
Evaluation design	Describe the specific purpose of the evaluation.
	Propose uses of the evaluation results.
	Include the specific questions that the evaluation answered.
Credible evidence	Describe usefulness of the information generated by analysing data.
	Assess surveillance system attributes in terms of:
	Simplicity
	Flexibility
	Data quality
	Acceptability
	Sensitivity
	Positive predictive value
	Representativeness
	Timeliness
	Stability
Conclusions and recommendations	Present conclusions based on evaluation results. Propose appropriate and applicable recommendations to improve the system or discontinue its operation.
Lessons learnt	Describe how lessons learnt will be communicated to those who need to know.