Presentation by Team B in Kasese district during the One Health Institute- Makerere University from 9th July to 5th August 2017.

1. MAKERERE UNIVERSITY
ONE HEALTH INSTITUTE
Kasese Team B Cohort 2017

2. ONE HEALTH

3. ONE HEALTH CONCEPT
- Multidisciplinary Approach
- Collaborative way
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4. Why kasese district?

5. 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.

6. Methodology
•Observation
•Focus group discussions
•Key informant interviews
•Literature review

7. 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

8. Areas of focus
• Schools – primary & secondary
• Communities near game parks
• Abattoirs
• Fishing villages
• Markets
• Health centres

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

10. Hima slaughter slab
Situation before:

11. Hima slaughter slab….

12. 2. Kayanzi fishing community

13. 3. Kanyangeya Pri. Sch

14. Kanyangeya Pri. Sch …

15. Briquette Making

16. Briquette Making …

17. School intervention

18. Hima Health Centre III

19. HPV Vaccination

20. 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 Sensitization
Install appropriate
leadership
Antenatal services Health centres;
karusandara, Hima
Low turn up,
restriction of women
by their husbands,
low male
involvement.
Sensitization
Transport 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. Also Fun

24. 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….

25. A better kasese, each day!!!!!!!!
Kasese is for us all