High acceptability of a national platform for public health genomic data sharing and surveillance in Australia: a mixed methods study

Abstract

Background: Pathogen genomics has increasingly been integrated into infectious disease surveillance, outbreak detection, and response globally. However, formal evaluation of pathogen genomic surveillance systems has been a major gap. In Australia, the AusTrakka platform was established and deployed nationally to address barriers to genomic data sharing across jurisdictions, enhance interoperability and usability, and improve governance of public health genomic data. Here we present our evaluation of AusTrakka and examine how its utilisation and impact shifted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We utilised the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Updated Guidelines for Evaluating Publ..