Utilización de agentes zoosanitarios comunitarios para reforzar los sistemas de vigilancia de enfermedades en Tanzania

Allport, Robert; Mosha, R.; Bahari, M; Swai, E M; Catley, Andy

doi:10.20506/rst.24.3.1620

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“…The number of animal health events noti ed to the VS increased from 2019 to 2020 since the Event Mobil Application (EMA-i), a real-time disease reporting was introduced in the country (FAO, 2018). This nding corroborates the results of previous studies conducted in East Africa (Jost et al, 1998;Allport et al, 2005).…”

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Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs) contribution in detection and response to priority transboundary animal diseases and zoonoses in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone

Sow,

Kane,

Boka

et al. 2023

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Veterinary services, including disease surveillance, animal healthcare delivery, were poorly structured in the Mano River countries (Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone) due to insufficient and inadequate qualified human resources, infrastructures, and motivation. To support the national veterinary services in their endeavors, FAO ECTAD, through the Global Health Security Agenda funded by the United States Agency for International Development, supported the training of Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs) and their involvement in the animal diseases surveillance system and response in these countries. A total of 8,417 CAHWs (8 000 in Guinea, 228 in Liberia and 189 in Sierra Leone) were trained. The contents of the training in Liberia and Sierra Leone included veterinary health care delivery, while in Guinea the themes were focused on disease recognition and reporting. As results, CAHWs were able to report outbreaks of priority animal diseases including zoonoses in Liberia (n = 120) and Sierra Leone (n = 600). CAHWs also contributed to the vaccination campaign against Peste des Petits Ruminants, Newcastle Disease, and rabies in Sierra Leone. In Guinea, 1134 animal health events were notified with the collaboration of CAHWs from 2018 to 2020. Thus, CAHWs are contributing to improved surveillance in all the three countries. Governments and private sector should engage incentive conditions to sustain CAHWs work within the animal health system in the context of one health approach. Sustaining the important role of CAHWs to the animal health services requires the creation of a viable incentive mechanism supported by the Government and the private sector.

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Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs) contribution in detection and response to priority transboundary animal diseases and zoonoses in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone

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Kane,

Boka

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“…The performance of animal health delivery systems in developing countries, including Tanzania, has been declining with time [2]. A number of factors contributed to this situation including decision of African governments to privatize animal health services, reluctance of private practitioners to operate in commercially unattractive under-served areas and lack of incentive packages and motivation for animal health providers in rural areas [3, 4].…”

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Potential use of mobile phones in improving animal health service delivery in underserved rural areas: experience from Kilosa and Gairo districts in Tanzania

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BackgroundSub-optimal performance of the animal health delivery system in rural areas is common in developing countries including Tanzania. However, penetration of mobile phones and availability of good road network and public transport systems offer opportunities for improving the access of rural communities to diagnostic and advisory services from facilities and expertise located in urban areas. A questionnaire survey on possession and use of mobile phones by pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Kilosa and Gairo districts was carried out between November and December 2015. A total number of 138 livestock keepers from three villages of Chakwale (54), Mvumi (41) and Parakuyo (43) participated in the study. An e-based system was designed and tested to link rural communities with urban diagnostic facilities.ResultsIt was observed that the average number of phones possessed by individuals interviewed and household families was 1.1 ± 0.26 (1–2) and 3.5 ± 2.23 (1–10), respectively. It was further observed that out of 138 livestock keepers interviewed, 133 (96.4 %) had feature phones while 10 (7.2 %) of them possessed smartphones. Mobile phone is currently used to support livestock production by communicating on animal health in Parakuyo (18, 41.9 %), Mvumi (18, 43.9 %) and Chakwale (14, 25.9 %). Other contributions of mobile phones in livestock and crop agriculture observed in the study area include: exchange of livestock price information, crop price information, communicating on plant health/diseases, livestock extension and advisory services as well as crop farming extension and advisory services. We also designed and tested an e-based SUAVetDiag® system to support timely diagnosis of infectious disease conditions and prompt advice on case management in veterinary underserved areas.ConclusionsAvailability of mobile phones in rural areas, in combination with supporting infrastructure and facilities in urban areas, has potential to stimulate local development and improving delivery of animal health and extension services. It is recommended that more development and refinement of the system should be conducted to ensure that this potential is tapped to revolutionalise delivery of animal health services in rural areas.

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“…Either they mentioned Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs) to have been a useful tool near the livestock keepers. The usefulness of CAHWs have been reported byAllport et al (2005) that CAHWs has been providing useful clinical services in Tanzania for many years despite their non-recognition by legislation. A study conducted byJICA (2008) supports the argument that the biggest and most fundamental problem in terms of the efficiency of service delivery is the categorically insufficient number of LFOs assigned to the local administrations.According to the Ngorongoro DVO, the Tanzania-Denmark bilateral project-Ngorongoro Pastoralist Project-NPP attempted to train CAHWs and facilitate them with veterinary kits as a motivation in order to provide basic animal health services in the community.The project also contracted private veterinarians to serve pastoralist communities in Ngorongoro and Sale divisions.…”

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Animal Health Governance And Services: A Case Of Pastoralists In Ngorongoro District, Tanzania

Kitandu

2014

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While good governance has been on the development agenda, animal health governance issues have remained relatively neglected in the debate on animal health services. This has resulted in inadequate public and private sector investment in animal health services in pastoral remote areas. The study had three specific objectives: to assess animal health governance, to analyse animal health services, and to determine governance related factors affecting animal health services. The study was conducted in Ngorongoro District, Arusha Region, Tanzania. A cross-sectional research design was used in this study. A structured questionnaire with open and close-ended questions was administered. Purposive sampling procedure was used to select the district, three wards and three villages. A sample size of 125 respondents was drawn from three villages by using simple stratified sampling procedure. Data were analysed by the use of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Descriptive statistics were computed to assess animal health governance. Frequencies, percentages and cross- tabulation were used to analyse animal health services. The findings showed there was a weak chain of command within the animal health governance structure. The findings also revealed poor availability of animal health services in pastoral areas. Research findings showed significant association between governance and animal health services Ï‡2 = 6.085 (p < 0.05). There was significant differences in the mortality of livestock where governance factors held differently (T-test = 50.230, P < 0.05). This study recommends a need to improve animal health governance, supportive institutional and legal frameworks in order to improve animal health services in pastoral areas.

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Utilización de agentes zoosanitarios comunitarios para reforzar los sistemas de vigilancia de enfermedades en Tanzania

Cited by 37 publications

References 10 publications

Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs) contribution in detection and response to priority transboundary animal diseases and zoonoses in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone

Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs) contribution in detection and response to priority transboundary animal diseases and zoonoses in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone

Potential use of mobile phones in improving animal health service delivery in underserved rural areas: experience from Kilosa and Gairo districts in Tanzania

Animal Health Governance And Services: A Case Of Pastoralists In Ngorongoro District, Tanzania

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