A Literature Review of Community-Based Animal Health Workers in Africa and Asia with Recommendations for Improved Practices
by Charles Hoots, VSF International, 2023 Community-based animal health workers (CAHWs) are present in dozens of countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. They deliver valuable animal health services to livestock keepers in rural areas where other animal...
The case for investing in animal health to support One Health
A report by the Action for Animal Health coalition, 2023 While One Health is gaining traction at a global level to combat emerging health threats, there are significant barriers to delivering it on the ground because of the lack of investment in animal health...
Achieving “Zero By 2030”. VSF International contributions to rabies elimination
Published by VSF International and Vets Beyond Borders Australia. September 2021. Rabies is a neglected zoonotic disease that causes an estimated 59,000 human deaths every year, with 40% of the victims being children. Rabies affects the most vulnerable populations:...
How to integrate One Health into our cooperation
Summary of an internal workshop organised by VSF-International and AVSF in Bamako, Mali, on 7th and 8th November 2018. Following several exchanges within the VSF-International network (VSF-Int) on the One Health approach (including a position paper in 2014) and just...
Community-Based Animal Health Workers (CAHWs): Guardians for quality, localised animal health services in the global South
VSF International Policy Brief n. 5 – September 2018 In many rural areas in the global South, the number of qualified veterinarians often does not suffice to provide quality animal health services at local level. In these areas, inhabited by livestock and agricultural...
Humans and animals in refugee camps
Forced Migration Review, June 2018. The Forced Migration Review (FMR) magazine Published a special feature on humans and animals in refugee camps with two aims. First, to highlight for practitioners and policymakers the variety and importance of human–animal...
Réalisation d’une enquête sur les dispositifs de santé animale de proximité dans les pays d’intervention des ONG du réseau VSF-International
Thèse pour obtenir le grade de Docteur Vétérinaire – Université Paul-Sabatier de Toulouse Margot Galière, 2017 Dans le cadre d’un travail conçu avec AVSF et le réseau VSF-International, Margot Galière a méné un enquête afin de recenser les dispositifs de...
Des services de santé animale de qualité adaptés au pastoralisme en Afrique de l’Ouest
Policy Brief, VSF Belgium May 2016 Ce Policy Brief dresse l’état des lieux des services de santé animale en Afrique de l’Ouest et formule quelques recommandations afin qu’ils soient mieux adaptés au pastoralisme. Bien que le pastoralisme ait des fonctions...
From the community, for the community
Animal-health workers who have some systematic training, but no academic degrees, make a huge difference in remote areas and strife-torn regions. Ethiopia is setting an example by involving them in its veterinary-services extension efforts.