Ameni, G.

Gumi, B.

Hagos, Y.

Medhin, G.

Tekle, Yohannes

Wieland, Barbara

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NUTRITION & FOODSECURITYPoultry diseases control and prevention challenges in EthiopiaContext• Coverage of poultry health services in the country is low and it has been difficult to design appropriate interventions as challenges are poorly understood. • Lack of reliable data on diagnostic capacities, vaccination and clinical services for poultry in Ethiopia.• This project was conducted as part of PhD work to address the evidence gaps in relation to poultry veterinary services in the country. The work was conducted in nationally representative 10 poultry producing districts across the country and poultry producer households were the main beneficiaries of this project.Our innovative approach• Cross-sectional household survey and focused group discussions (FGDs) were used to generate first hand information.• The study was conducted in 10 districts from four regional states and Addis Ababa city Administration.• Hence, the outcomes of this study are reported  for the first time as nationally  representative evidencesFuture steps• Current gaps in poultry health services need to be addressed. Public-private partnerships, training of poultry health experts and availing vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics in the local markets are possible solutions.• Private health providers with well-defined rolesneed to be engaged to solve the poultry diseaseproblems.PartnersOutcomes• 86.1% of respondents reported occurrence ofpoultry diseases in their flocks• The mean crude chicken  mortality was estimated at 31.87% (95%CI: 29.33-34.41) • Low availability of poultry diagnosis services(31.6%)• Chicken vaccination coverage was estimated at35.7%, and was characterized as irregular andrandom, mainly against Newcastle disease.• Low availability of diagnostics, vaccination andclinical services show that poultry health servicesin Ethiopia has not received enough Governmentattention and lacks policy and strategyYohannes Tekle Asfaw ILRI, Barbara Wieland ILRI , Gobena Ameni AAU, Girmay Medhi AAU, Balako Gumi AAU, Yohannes Hagos MUContact: john.asfaw@yahoo.comThe CGIAR Research Program on Livestock thanks all donors & organizations which globally support its work through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund. cgiar.org/fundersThis document is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. June 2020LIVESTOCK HEALTHPrioritized challenges of poultry veterinary services in Ethiopia. 282 243 245212187 169 1460.47 0.41 0.410.360.31 0.28 0.2500.10.20.30.40.5050100150200250300Lack ofdrugsLack ofpoultryhealthexpertLack ofvaccinesInaccessibleveterinaryserviceIneffectivevaccinesIneffectivedrugsCost lyveterinaryserviceFrequency of responses for each challengePriority indexes (PI)

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