Experiences in capacity building and training on the ground - Dr Halifa Msami, Newcastle Disease Control Program Coordinator, Tanzanian Veterinary Laboratory Authority

1. Experiences in capacity building
and training on the ground
Dr Halifa Msami
Newcastle Disease Control Program Coordinator
Tanzanian Veterinary Laboratory Agency
Panel Session on Education, Training and Capacity Building

2. Experiences in capacity building and
training on the ground
• Done in collaboration
with authorities and
communities
• Participatory
methodologies
• Gender sensitive Credit: Kyeema/Bagnol
methodologies
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3. Training
• Awareness raising and sensitisation workshop
at all levels
• Training of Trainers and Extension Officers
• Supervision, back stopping, Monitoring and
Evaluation of Vaccination campaigns
• Training of community vaccinators
• Training of Vaccine production staff
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4. The ND example – success, failures and lessons
• Singida has been free of ND for three years leading to reduced chicken
mortality
• Flock size results show significant increase from 16.5 to 21.2 and more than
90% of HHs vaccinate three consecutive times in Singida for the last three
year
• High impact in terms of knowledge and attitude towards ND
control, nutritional knowledge about chicken products , increase in numbers
of chickens and eggs sold, exchanged and consumed by the family
• Extension materials dealing with ND control and village chicken production
reviewed, updated, produced and distributed.
• Extension staff involved in preparation, implementation and monitoring for
ND vaccination campaigns trained
• I-2 ND vaccine used in many areas beyond those involved with project
• Adoption of the ND control model by other districts councils in the Singida
region (Up scaling of the technology)
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5. Major challenges/constraints faced
• Need to develop new
training materials and
methodologies to
respond to challenges
emerging following the
control of ND
Credit: Kyeema/Bagnol
• Research required to
strengthen village
poultry value chain
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6. Acknowledgements
Thanks to:
• ACIAR - Australian Centre for International
Agricultural Research
• AIFSC – Australian International Food Security
Centre
• AusAID - Australian Agency for International
Development
• IRPC/Kyeema Foundation
• TVLA
• Farmers, extension
workers, veterinarians, researchers & NGOs
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