About the RUFORUM 2010 Biennal Conference
"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholders in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme of Animal Science"
Experiences in the ‘One health approach’: Situational analysis of preparedness for Epi-Zoonotic emergencies in six Eastern Africa countries
Abstract:
This paper reports on a situation analysis that assessed the
capacity for response to zoonotic emergencies in 6 countries,
namely Uganda, Kenya, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Rwanda and
Tanzania. Most of the countries did not have policies for
preparedness, technical responses were handled by various
ministries, with very limited cross coordination. Also, there
was generally limited capacity to handle zoonotic emergencies.
Cet article présente une analyse de la situation qui a évalué la
capacité de réponse aux urgences zoonotiques dans 6 pays, à
savoir l’Ouganda, le Kenya, \la République démocratique du
Congo, l’Ethiopie, le Rwanda et la Tanzanie. La plupart des
pays n’ont pas de politiques pour la préparation ; des réponses
techniques ont été traitées par les différents ministères, en
coordination en travers très limitée. En outre, il y avait
généralement une capacité limitée pour traiter des urgences
zoonotiques.
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English
Date of publication:
2010
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East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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1209-1212
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