Empowering women to tackle cattle lung disease

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2014-03

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WRENmedia

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While male livestock keepers have significant roles in vaccine research (e.g. surveillance exercises), women are normally only involved in non-technical activities, such as restraint of animals and feeding vaccinators. The project has recommended that the government recruits female extension agents to train women about Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) and its control. Improving women’s knowledge will be vital if they are to adopt a new vaccine that is being developed, particularly as 75% of women in focus group discussions could not clearly distinguish CBPP from other chronic diseases. This brief outlines the vaccination project and next steps.

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KENYA, CONTAGIOUS BOVINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA, CBPP VACCINE, CATTLE, GENDER MAINSTREAMING, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, SOUTH OF SAHARA, WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE, GENDER RESEARCH, VACCINATION, VACCINES, PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/53233

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
Research Results (CIFSRF) / Résultats de recherches (FCRSAI)