Antibiotic community surveillance; Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotic surveillance; Antimicrobial resistance; Democratic Republic of Congo; Vocational schools; Arts and Humanities (all); Social Sciences (all); General Social Sciences; General Arts and Humanities
Abstract :
[en] We conducted a feasibility study of antibiotic stewardship promotion, monitoring and education through veterinary vocational schools using semi-structured interviews and Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threats analysis. Seventeen of the 35 veterinary vocational schools of the Kongo Central Province were surveyed. We report four key results. First, all schools were government funded with personnel capable of promoting, monitoring and educating farmers and communities. Second, these schools were well distributed across the country which gives them access to a greater number of farmers. Third, faculty from these schools provided the bulk of veterinary services in their catchment areas. Fourth, vocational schools would benefit from support from universities. This support could focus on transfer of teaching skills and resources sharing.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Saila-Ngita, Diafuka ✱; Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, United States
Ndadi Nkuembe, Victor ✱; Université de Liège - ULiège > Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals and Health (FARAH) ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire > Doct. sc. vété. (paysage) ; Université de Kinshasa > Médecine Vétérinaire > Zootechnie
Mavata, Jérémie Kimbuku; Université de Kinshasa, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Zootechnics, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Congo
Bagnol, Brigitte; University of the Witwatersrand, Department of Anthropology, Johannesburg, South Africa
✱ These authors have contributed equally to this work.
Language :
English
Title :
Promoting and monitoring antimicrobial stewardship using veterinary vocational schools in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Publication date :
June 2021
Journal title :
Australasian Review of African Studies
ISSN :
1447-8420
eISSN :
2203-5184
Publisher :
African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific
Volume :
42
Issue :
1
Pages :
4 - 22
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funding text :
The authors sincerely thank all participants for their participation.
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