Project Title: Process Evaluation of community-based mass dog vaccination stratergies in the Mara Region of Tanzania.
Project Description: Contrary to what pertains in developed countries, where people spend tens of dollars each year to have their pet dog vaccinated, in the developing world and hence Sub-Saharan Africa, programmes spend significant resources advertising free mass dog vaccination campaigns. Preliminary findings from ongoing process evaluation to know what help or serve as implementation bottle neck to community-based mass dog vaccination campaigns in the Mara region of Tanzania showed the lack of adequate participation by dog... Contrary to what pertains in developed countries, where people spend tens of dollars each year to have their pet dog vaccinated, in the developing world and hence Sub-Saharan Africa, programmes spend significant resources advertising free mass dog vaccination campaigns. Preliminary findings from ongoing process evaluation to know what help or serve as implementation bottle neck to community-based mass dog vaccination campaigns in the Mara region of Tanzania showed the lack of adequate participation by dog owners may have strong social underpinnings. We found certain perceptions about effects of vaccination on dogs among the population and we intend to engage them on these perceptions and learn more through Key Informant Interviews and Focus Group Discussions. Another concern people expressed about having to bring their dogs to vaccination centers is that their dogs are fierce, which highlights some fear of their own animals and this may have arisen as a result of negative experiences with dogs due to a lack of understanding of their behaviour. We therefore planned to engage the population with basic knowledge on dog behaviour and techniques of handling dogs and learn how that impact owners and vaccinators' interaction with dogs. The population will engage with information through interviews, short videos at 20-25 sub-village centers, and illustrative fliers and posters accompanied with short interactive lessons to 500 households . A Before-And-After engagement surveys is embedded into the CPE activities to measure any shift in patterns of perceptions and knowledge on dog behaviour and handling techniques among members of targeted villages, using mixed methods.
Principal Investigator : Christian Tetteh
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Time frame: (2019-08-19) - (2020-02-19)
The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) (Normal)
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