Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine/Tribhuvan University’s Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science
Country:
Nepal
Award Date:
2003
Award Amount:
$123,441.00
Cost Share:
$95,699.00
Other Partners:
The National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Centre; Heifer Project International, Nepal
This partnership is documenting the nature and extent of human health risks associated with livestock-derived food in four Nepalese communities. The partnership aims to improve public health education by creating a new course within the social mobilization curriculum of the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS) at Tribhuvan University, which addresses community-based public health interventions in livestock production. As a result of partnership activities, Heifer Project International (HPIN) has intensified its work with four women’s groups and has opened a regional office in Chitwan. Two Nepalese veterinary students have carried out a prevalence study of zoonotic salmenollosis in poultry production units, supported by the Nepal national veterinary laboratory. An introductory course on social mobilization was given at IAAS to fourth- and fifth-year veterinary students, based on the results of the project’s previous poultry research. The course included a health camp for farmers in the study community.