PATH-SAFE: Programme evaluation

Overview

The evaluation aims to identify areas for learning and improvement and the outcomes of PATH-SAFE that improve surveillance infrastructure.  

There are three main objectives of the evaluation:

• design and framing: to design a table of change (ToC) for the programme, articulating the change that is intended to be achieved by PATH-SAFE - this includes outlining assumptions, external factors and managing risks associated with the programme  
• formative process evaluation: to utilise bespoke evaluation methods for assessing the processes underpinning the programme, and delivering the outputs of the four workstreams to identify areas for learning and improvement
• understanding impact: to identify and prioritise outcome indicators and data sources to validate the outcomes of the ToC and develop an assessment of PATH-SAFE’s contribution

Delivery partner

RAND Europe 

Outputs

• PATH-SAFE Final Evaluation Report, published on 23 June 2025
• PATH-SAFE Phase 1 Evaluation Report, published 31 October 2024
• All projects were presented at the PATH-SAFE Biosurveillance Conference on 28 and 29 February 2024 in London. Recordings, slides and posters are available on the conference webpage
• Evaluation Framework Report - Evaluation of the PATH-SAFE programme