Foreword

The World Organisation for Animal Health has a long tradition of engaging with economists and social scientists in the use of their skillsets in animal health. This comes from a perspective of presenting animal health information in a way that is understandable to funders and investors. It also recognises the use of economics and social sciences in understanding disease spread and management in complex economies and cultures. Hence, previous thematic issues of the Scientific and Technical Review have focused on the economics of animal health [1,2]. (…)