Alinaitwe, Lordrick

Bugeza, James

Cook, Elizabeth A.J.

Kankya, C.

Mugizi, Denis

Muleme, J.

Obilil, Innocent

Okello, J.

Roesel, Kristina

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Meat inspectors' refresher training in UgandaClovice Kankya2, Denis Mugizi1, James Muleme3, James Bugeza1, Lordrick Alinaitwe1, Justine Okello2, Innocent Obilil1, Kristina Roesel1, Annie Cook11ILRI, Uganda/Kenya; 2College of Veterinary Medicine, Makerere University, Uganda; 3School of Public Health, Makerere University, UgandaIntroductionGlobally, the increasing number of zoonotic and emerging diseases reportedly arising from foods of animal origin (meat and meat products) have greatlycompromised economies and the public health sector impacting human health, food safety, and animal health. As a result, several stakeholders havetaken a keen interest in building capacity and fostering refresher or in-service training aimed at reducing the burden of such zoonoses arising from thefood industry. Such efforts have included the implementation of a refresher training aimed at boosting and enhancing capacity of the meat value chainactors with support from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the BUILD Uganda project.MethodsConclusions• Through this refresher training, meat inspectors were able to create a coordinatedplatform for continued engagements, knowledge sharing, data collection andnetworking.• Facilitators from Makerere University and MAAIF had several lessons learned forfurther improved future refresher training..Contact: Annie Cook  E.Cook@cgiar.org International Livestock Research InstitutePO Box 30709Nairobi 00100, Kenya+254-20 422 3000+254-20 422 3001This document is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. September 2022.22 September 2022ILRI thanks all donors and organizations which globally support its work through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund.Contribution to Uganda’s livestock development agenda• A valuable ODK system for surveillance and monitoring for specific zoonotic diseasesfor animals established.• Refresher trainings contribute to addressing the challenges associated withincreasing number of zoonotic diseases arising from meat and meat products.• Sustainable occupational and consumer safetyILRI thanks all donors and organizations which globally support its work through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund.Capacity Building  of in-service  providers  under BUILDThe main objective of this training was to boost, retool and equip meat inspectors in routine meat inspection procedures, hands-on skills in meathygiene and food safety procedures and knowledge on meat inspection regulations and standards through continuous capacity building.The training was one of its kind, with a blended training model i.e. lectures, group discussions, learner-led discussions and demonstrations, field visitsand excursions, return demonstrations, expert fora (bringing experts in the field to give guest lectures) among others. These were used to ensure thatthe learners despite the limited training time, achieved a lot of knowledge and skills for improved food safety.The meat inspection refresher training was initiated with 40 invitees, meat inspectors, from 31 districts across the country.Training was conducted from 4 to 10 October and 11 to 15 October 2021 at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity (CoVAB), Makerere University.Findings

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