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Improvement in the Surveillance System for Livestock Diseases and Antimicrobial Use Following Operational Research Studies in Sierra Leone January–March 2023

Authors :
Samuel Alie Konteh
Fatmata Isatu Bangura (Turay)
Amara Leno
Srinath Satyanarayana
Divya Nair
Mohamed Alpha Bah
Salam Saidu
David Sellu-Sallu
Sahr Raymond Gborie
Sorie Mohamed Kamara
Amadu Tejan Jalloh
Joseph Sam Kanu
Kadijatu Nabie Kamara
Matilda Mattu Moiwo
Esther Dsani
Noelina Nantima
Source :
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 8, Iss 8, p 408 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2023.

Abstract

In Sierra Leone, two operational research (OR) studies in 2019 and 2021 showed deficiencies in the data being captured by the Integrated Animal Disease Surveillance and Reporting (IADSR) system. This third OR study was conducted in 2023 to assess whether the second OR study’s results and recommendations were disseminated with the key stakeholders, the uptake of the recommendations, improvements in data capture in the IADSR system, and to describe the data on livestock disease and antimicrobial use. In 2022, on seven occasions, the authors of the second OR study disseminated the study’s findings. Of the four recommendations, the one on improving laboratory infrastructure for confirmation of animal disease was not implemented. The district animal health weekly surveillance reports received through the IADSR system were sustained at 88% between the second (2021) and third (2023) studies. In both studies, the proportion of sick animals receiving antibiotics (25%) remained the same, but the use of “critically important antimicrobials for veterinary use” declined from 77% (in 2021) to 69% (in 2023). The IADSR system has improved considerably in providing information on animal health and antibiotic use, and sequential OR studies have played a key role in its improvement.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
24146366
Volume :
8
Issue :
8
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.f31bb8c5a1594da9a8831163d74c27a5
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8080408