Community outreach staff perceptions of factors contributing to the a) success and b) barriers/challenges with respect to community participation (ref Q46)

Country	Successes	Barriers
Albania
Armenia	Availability of social media and different tools for outreach campaigns	Rumors, misinformation, and lack of trust.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia	Interdisciplinary and multisectoral "One Health" approach
France	Each region defines its own actions, the factor contributing to success is the sharing of information in the inter-region with the provision of supports for the inspiration of all.
Georgia	N/A
Germany
Greece	Direct communication and collaboration among national and regional/local authorities for specific interventions, e.g. distribution of education material. Press releases at national level that alert the public for the risk nationwide (e.g., following the seasonal recording of the first case of WNV disease, in the beginning of the transmission season). Regular published surveillance reports to timely inform the public regarding Arbovirus transmission. In Greece, weekly surveillance reports for West Nile virus infection in humans are published, during the transmission season, to inform the public and health professionals about the circulation of WNV. Recording of human cases at Municipality level.	Human resources - limited staff in regional and local public health authorities (e.g., door-to-door interventions/ outreach -which are considered most effective- require adequate human resources).
Hungary
Italy
Malta
Monaco
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Slovenia		There is a need for continous and sustainable nationwide community outreach program.
Spain
Switzerland	Swiss Mosquito Network; https://www.zanzare-svizzera.ch/en/home_en/	In Switzerland only invasive mosquitoes with vector capacity (e.g. Aedes albopictus and other Aedes species) have arrived and are perceived as a nuisance. There have been no autochthonous cases yet, therefore the public does not perceive it as danger.
Turkey