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Access to vaccination services for priority ruminant livestock diseases in Ghana: barriers and determinants of service utilization by farmers
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 4665575
Author(s) Nuvey, F. S.; Fink, G.; Hattendorf, J.; Mensah, G. I.; Addo, K. K.; Bonfoh, B.; Zinsstag, J.
Author(s) at UniBasel Nuvey, Francis
Fink, Günther
Hattendorf, Jan
Zinsstag, Jakob
Year 2023
Title Access to vaccination services for priority ruminant livestock diseases in Ghana: barriers and determinants of service utilization by farmers
Journal Prev Vet Med
Volume 215
Pages / Article-Number 105919
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Livestock diseases are a major constraint to agricultural productivity, frequently causing significant livelihood losses for farmers, and negatively affecting public food safety and security. Vaccines provide an effective and profitable means for controlling most infectious livestock diseases, but remain underutilized. This study sought to assess the barriers and determinants of vaccination utilization for priority livestock diseases in Ghana. METHODS: We conducted a mixed-method study involving a quantitative survey with ruminant livestock farmers (N = 350) and seven focus group discussions (FGD) involving 65 ruminant livestock farmers. The survey data were analyzed, and distribution of barriers to vaccination access described. We evaluated the determinants of vaccination utilization (any use of vaccination against contagious-bovine-pleuropneumonia (CBPP) and peste-des-petits-ruminants (PPR) in 2021) using logistic regression analyses at the 0.05 significance level. FGD transcripts were analyzed deductively. We used triangulation to achieve convergence across the different datasets and analyses. RESULTS: The farmers kept an average (median) of 5 tropical livestock units (TLUs) of ruminant livestock (IQR=2.6-12.0) that were on average 8 kilometers (IQR=1.9-12.4) away from veterinary officers (VOs). Only 16% (56/350) of herds were vaccinated against the diseases. Most farmers (274/350) had limited knowledge on vaccines against CBPP and PPR infections, 63% (222/350) perceived low risk of these diseases to their herds. About half of farmers reported experiencing outbreaks of either disease in the study year (2021). Farmers scored on average 80.5 out of 98 (IQR=74-85) on the RS-14 resilience scale. After adjusting for farmers' livestock rearing experience, herd size, sex, wealth status, distance to VOs, previous disease outbreaks, and perceived risk of the diseases, vaccination utilization was negatively associated with limited knowledge (aOR=0.19, 95%CI=0.08-0.43), and positively associated with personal exposure to outbreaks in the study year (aOR=5.26, 95%CI=2.01-13.7) and increasing resilience (aOR=1.13, 95%CI=1.07-1.19). FGDs revealed farmer misconceptions about vaccines, costs of vaccines, and timely access to vaccines from VOs as additional barriers. CONCLUSIONS: Acceptability, affordability, accessibility, and availability of vaccine services represent the main barriers to vaccines utilization by ruminant livestock farmers in Ghana. Given that limited knowledge regarding the value of vaccination and shortfalls in veterinary service supply are of central importance for both the demand and supply side, more collaboration between the different stakeholders in a transdisciplinary manner to effectively address the low vaccination utilization problem is needed.
ISSN/ISBN 1873-1716 (Electronic)0167-5877 (Linking)
URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.105919
edoc-URL https://edoc.unibas.ch/94555/
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Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.105919
PubMed ID http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37059037
ISI-Number MEDLINE:37059037
Document type (ISI) Journal Article
 
   

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