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"EUNICE K. NDUNGU" <[log in to unmask]>
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EUNICE K. NDUNGU
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This concept was used in latter part of rinderpest
control. The vaccination was strategic and focused in case of outbreaks. This
strategy prevented spread of the virus from the endemic foci thus reducing the
chances of widespread infection and strategic vaccination led to accelerated
eradication of the rinderpest virus.   Example , in rinderpest  disease eradication in  Sudan, the nongovernmental organisations(
NGOs),   assisted in training communities in delivering
the animal health services especially rinderpest vaccine delivery and
vaccination of livestock.Trained community
based animal health workers (CBAHWS) were then used to vaccinate millions of
cattle against rinderpest in war torn areas of Sudan using rinderpest
thermostable  vaccine- thus eliminating
rinderpest virus in Sudan.
 For  this concept to work in PPR eradication
process , effective  partnership   between national  government  ,  nongovernmental
organisations( NGOs), private practioners, communities and other  stakeholders / agencies involved in animal disease
control  is  critical.   However,The question is 
"would prevailing  animal health
legislations  in various  countries allow the use community based
animal health workers (CBAHWS) and livestock keepers in  PPR  vaccine  delivery and vaccination?".
 
Eunice K.Ndungu
 



On Friday, February 14, 2014 12:36 PM, Paul Rossiter <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
  
Dear All

This raises an interesting question. If we have a reliable thermostable vaccine that might survive ragged cold chains, can we move to making the vaccine available in endemic areas for livestock keepers and their health workers to purchase and have administered? It wouldn't work everywhere I know, but there may be places where it could. It would decrease the need for massive and hard to organise vaccine campaigns.   

Nick Honhold
BVSc MSc PhD MRCVS DipECVPH
Independent veterinary epidemiologist
 
This concept is very relevant because I don't think that we can expect public resources to do everything that will be required.   The involvement of the private sector and individual livestock owners will be important and where appropriate need to be integrated with more "centralized" approaches to vaccine delivery and disease surveillance elsewhere.     More comments please - Moderator. 


 


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