MAKERERE UNIVERSITY

ONE HEALTH INSTITUTE

Kasese Team B Cohort 2017

ONE HEALTH

ONE HEALTH CONCEPT

- Multidisciplinary Approach- Collaborative way -

Why kasese district?

Field attachment objectives • General - multidisciplinary approach to promote human, Animal and

environmental health through sensitization and training community members in HIMA, KARUSANDARA and KASESE municipality in Kasese district.

• Specific objectives:

• To conduct a needs assessment in communities of Kasese One health attachment field site.

• To design and implement appropriate interventions to address challenges in identified communities.

• To conduct feedback meetings and deliver reports at all levels where the interventions were done.

• To create a One Health drop box for information sharing.

Methodology

•Observation

•Focus group discussions

•Key informant interviews

•Literature review

Time line

WEEK ACTIVITIES

One - Community entry - Needs assessment

Two - Evaluation of previous intervention - Prioritization of challenges - Interventions commence

Three - Interventions

Four • Report writing • Dissemination

Areas of focus• Schools – primary & secondary

• Communities near game parks

• Abattoirs

• Fishing villages

• Markets

• Health centres

Interventions

• Waste management • Briquette making • Community sensitization• School out reaches • HPV vaccination • General hygiene (personal)

Hima slaughter slabSituation before:

Hima slaughter slab….

2. Kayanzi fishing community

3. Kanyangeya Pri. Sch

Kanyangeya Pri. Sch …

Briquette Making

Briquette Making …

School intervention

Hima Health Centre III

HPV Vaccination

Areas that require community effort

There is effort to curb some challenges by leaders despite low adherence by the community who later suffered consequencesFacility/ resource location Way of misuse measure

latrines Mowlem market, Hima HCIII, schools,

Poor toilet manners SensitizationInstall appropriate leadership

Antenatal services Health centres; karusandara, Hima

Low turn up, restriction of women by their husbands, low male involvement.

SensitizationTransport refunds

education All schools Increased dropouts of girls

Men should take the initiative to protect young girls in the community;

Mosquito nets kahendero Improper use sensitization

Areas where the district has to intervene

area recommendation

Gap in statistics in district profile Enroll more statisticians in district

Human wildlife conflict Create a platform on which community members, wildlife authorities are all brought on board to discuss challenges

Biodegradable waste management Sensitize public on waste utilization; eg cow dung

Counterfeit drugs on market Increased surveillance and awareness campaigns

Inadequate access to safe water NWSC should improve coverage

Remarkable features about Kasese

Good security

Positive attitudes of most leaders; willingness to improve community

Organized town

Multi-lingual communities

No street beggars

Less traffic on roads

District waste processing plant

Conservational culture of most communities

Sensitization on HIV

Also Fun

Acknowledgement

• The Almighty God

• The One Health institute administration

• Kasese district administrators and citizens

• Our field supervisors

• Faculty supervisors

• Drivers

• Team members

• And everyone who made this attachment successful….

A better kasese, each day!!!!!!!!

Kasese is for us all