Research, Policy and Practice
From: COVID-19 in pastoral contexts in the greater Horn of Africa: Implications and recommendations
Institutions/developmentpartners | Team composition | Location | Activities |
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Ministry of Health, Ministry of Livestock, United Nations Children’s Fund, WHO, and FAO | Human and animal health, community elders | Somalia | Joint human and animal vaccination |
Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries and Ministry of Health | Zoonotic Disease Unit, County One Health Units | Kenya | Active collaboration at the animal, human, and ecosystem interfaces towards better prevention and control of zoonotic diseases |
Afya Timiza, Amref Health Africa-Kenya, and Turkana County Government (Ministry of Health and Sanitation; Ministry of Agriculture, Pastoral Economy, and Fisheries) | Kimormor programme: human and animal health, public and emergency services | Kenya | Health services (e.g. child vaccination), National Health Insurance Fund/livestock-based insurance, birth registration, financial services, food distribution, veterinary/agriculture |
District Medical Office and District Veterinary Office | Human and animal health | Tanzania | Soil-transmitted helminths and canine rabies prevention and control activities |
One Health Coordination Desk (Office of the Prime Minister); Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries; Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children; FAO; and Sokoine University of Agriculture | One Health rapid response teams: human and animal health, environment, wildlife, disaster management | Tanzania | Disease outbreak investigations, field investigations and interventions (e.g. rabies and anthrax in humans and animals) |
Vétérinaires Sans Frontières - Suisse, International Livestock Research Institute, Medical Collaboration Committee, national governments | HEAL Project: One Health for Humans Environment Animals and Livelihoods | Southern Ethiopia, northern Kenya, and Somalia | Establishment of One Health Units for the integration of human health, animal health, and rangeland management service provision |
Ministry of Health – Uganda; Commissioner Environmental Health, regulated by Allied Health Professionals Council | Environmental health practitioners | Uganda | Inspecting livestock before slaughter as well as the meat in slaughterhouses and butcheries; monitoring the destruction of condemned meat; investigating zoonotic disease outbreaks and monitoring disease control programmes; ensuring the control of disease vectors and vermin; providing communities with health education on pertinent issues; food safety; helping to enforce Uganda’s public health legislation |