Commercial distribution of ECF-ITM
Vaccine in East Africa & Malawi
Tindih Heshborne
Technical Manager

• Animal health Product development & adoption Partnership
organisation
• A not-for-profit Public-Private Partnership – registered charity
• Sponsored by the UK Department for International Development
(DFID) and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and with
projects funded by BMGF, DFID and EC.
• Pro-resources poor focus

Where are we
Edinburgh, Nairobi: Africa HQ, New Delhi: Asia regional office

Commercial distribution of ECF-ITM
Vaccine in East Africa & Malawi

Challenges to availability of appropriate new products
Discovery
Research
Development Registration Production
Commer-
cialisation
Sustained
delivery
Technical
challenges.
Lack of
appropriate
product profiles
Ill-designed
proofs-of-concept
Lack of funding for
development studies
- high risk,
high cost.
Poorly designed,
poorly controlled
field trials.
Unclear and varied
regulatory
requirements.
Lack of QA/QC.
Multiple regulatory
authorities.
Lack of market
pull-through
Poor estimates of
need or demand
Inappropriate
pack-sizes
Lack of knowledge
or education on
proper use
Inconsistent
supply
Counterfeit
products.
Lack of patent
protection.
Poor quality and
efficacy.
Our role is to provide leadership to overcome these challenges by creating
partnerships which provide poor livestock keepers with access to animal health
products
No commercial
interest
Expensive
processes
No process
development

Public- Private Partnership: For sustainable ECF
vaccine production
Task force
African union Inter-
bureau on animal
Resources
Food and agriculture
organisation
International Livestock
Research Institute
Global Alliance on
Livestock Veterinary
Medicine
- East Africa governments
representattives
International
Livestock
Research
Institutes
Centre for Ticks
and Tick borne
Diseases (CTTBD)
ECF ITM
Technology
ECF ITM
Technology Transfer
GALVmed

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Need to stimulate supply
Farmers &
Pastoralists
Examples:
- Right product
- Show untapped Market
- Demonstrate economic benefits
- Capacity Building
- Strengthening cold chain
“Last Mile”
Govt Manufacturer
Distributor/Retailer
Distributo
r
Manufacturer
Vaccinator
s
•Ronheam
•Phamavacs
•ABS- Tanzania
•Vetcare
Veterinary Dept
Livestock Inspector
Conventional Network
Need to stimulate demand
Examples:
- Awareness & sensitization
- Vaccination campaigns
- Vaccine demos
-- Voucher system
GALVmed role :ECF Vaccine Supply Chain in
Tanzania
Ronheam

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Need to stimulate supply
Farmers &
Pastoralists
Examples:
- Right product
- Show untapped Market
- Demonstrate economic benefits
- Capacity Building
- Strengthening cold chain
“Last Mile”
Govt Manufacturer
Distributor/Retailer
Distributo
r
Manufacturer
Vaccinator
s
•KDFF
•VETAID
•TEGEA
•BoraBiotec
•SIDAI AFRICA
•BMC/Agrihaus
Veterinary Dept
Livestock Inspector
Conventional Network
Need to stimulate demand
Examples:
- Awareness & sensitization
- Vaccination campaigns
- Vaccine demos
-- Financial incentives &
voucher system
ECF Vaccine Supply Chain in Kenya
Kevevapi

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Distributors capacity building
 Setting of ECF vaccine distribution chains & support to
distributors
 Cold chains capacity building & support
 Dedicated ECF co-ordinators
 Bussiness Training of vaccinators (Sidai pilot)
 Veterinary Business academy ( Equity group & KCB
foundation)
 Cojengo & Epicollect (data collection apps)
 Vaccination demostrations to spur the vaccine up-take
 Vaccinators training at KARI
 CTTBD vaccine trials in the field

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Support to ECF-ITM vaccine
distributors
Slide 10
ECF
Distributor
country Number of
LN containers
Number of
Freezers
vaccinators
Sidai Kenya 12 none 60
Vet Aid Kenya 10 2 42
BMC/Agrihaus Kenya 14 1 15
Ronheam Tanzania none none 44
ScopeVet Uganda 10 none 45
Eram Uganda 10 none 25
GSJ Malawi 1 1 (+Motobike) 37
BVM Malawi 1 1(+Motobikes &
Generator)
32

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Kenya: vaccination demos in…
Slide 11
Kitale
Eldoret
Bomet
Kericho
Laikipia
/Nyahururu
Kajiado
Impact
Counties
have
factored ECF
vaccination
in their
programs
Demo in Kericho
Demo at KARI
Demo in Kajiado /Nazarene area

Slide 12
Vaccination demo & training in
Tanzania
Taking the rectal temperature of the
cow before vaccination
Preparation of the vaccine before
vaccination – straw being taken out
of the LN2 tank
Proper placing of a weigh band to
take the weight of a cow before
vaccination Applying the vaccine just behind
the ear

Slide 13
ECF Training Program in Morogoro
Ear tag application for
identification –in Chunya District
30% Alamycin injection
Awarding of the
certificate to the

Supports to distributors

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Training participants
Training:
45 county officials have
been trained & sensitized
on ECF
County officials on Training
workshop, Kenya
Vaccinators, Morogoro, Tanzania

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Training of vaccinators & county
officials at KARI
Impacts
•Initially some of the practising vets:
• Feared the introduction of the vaccine- Kills the market
• Un-aware of the ECF vaccine
• Did not appreciates “one shot slogan for ECF vaccine
immunity”
•Now:
• - Most vets wants to distribute the vaccines

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Slide 17
Farmers training on ECF disease and the
vaccine during the Kenya livestock
producers associations exhibitions

Lesson learnt & way forward
• ECF field activities in Kenya has increased the:
• vaccine demand, - more counties in Kenya ask about
the vaccine
• Adoption 60% between January – November 2014
compared to 2013
• Higher price still a major factor inhibiting the adoption of
the vaccine

• Identifications of new/extra vaccine distributor & vaccinators
• ECF farmers awareness in Lake and western zones ( Mwanza,
Shinyanga, Taboro and Kagera)
• Lack of the cold chain/cold chain access for the new
vaccinators in the lake & Western regions.
ECF activities in Tanzania

THANK YOU!!