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Practice of One Health approaches: Bridges and barriers in Tanzania

Kayunze, K A; Kiwara, A; Lyamuya, E; Kambarage, D M; Rushton, J; Coker, R; Kock, R A

Authors

K A Kayunze

A Kiwara

E Lyamuya

D M Kambarage

J Rushton

R Coker

R A Kock



Abstract

The practice of one health approaches in human and animal health programmes is influenced by type and scope of bridges and barriers for partnerships. It was thus essential to evaluate the nature and scope of collaborative arrangements among human, animal, and wildlife health experts in dealing with health challenges which demand inter-sectoral partnership. The nature of collaborative arrangement was assessed, and the respective bridges and barriers over a period of 12 months (July 20011 to June 2012) were identified. The specific objectives were to: (1) determine the proportion of health experts who had collaborated with other experts of disciplines different from theirs, (2) rank the general bridges for and barriers against collaboration according to the views of the health experts, and (3) find the actual bridges for and barriers against collaboration among the health experts interviewed. It was found that 27.0% of animal health officers interviewed had collaborated with medical officers while 12.4% of the medical officers interviewed had collaborated with animal health experts. Only 6.7% of the wildlife officers had collaborated with animal health experts. The main bridges for collaboration were instruction by upper level leaders, zoonotic diseases of serious impacts, and availability of funding. The main barriers for collaboration were lack of knowledge about animal/human health issues, lack of networks for collaboration, and lack of plans to collaborate. This thus calls for the need to curb barriers in order to enhance inter-sectoral collaboration for more effective management of risks attributable to infectious diseases of humans and animals.

Citation

Kayunze, K. A., Kiwara, A., Lyamuya, E., Kambarage, D. M., Rushton, J., Coker, R., & Kock, R. A. (2014). Practice of One Health approaches: Bridges and barriers in Tanzania. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 81(2), https://doi.org/10.4102/ojvr.v81i2.733

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 1, 2014
Publication Date Apr 23, 2014
Deposit Date Jan 16, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal ONDERSTEPOORT JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH
Print ISSN 0030-2465
Publisher AOSIS
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 81
Issue 2
DOI https://doi.org/10.4102/ojvr.v81i2.733
Public URL https://rvc-repository.worktribe.com/output/1405597