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INTRODUCTION NOVEMBER,2010 QUARTERLY EDITION The Australian Agency for KYEEMA/IRPC donors visit Chibuto International district, Development the problems that arise once owners blamed not being able (AusAID) approved Newcastle disease is to catch the chickens easily on AUD$1,882,301.40 controlled such as: the morning of vaccination for for the Phase 2: the poor turnout, even though a) Fowl Pox: This was a Regional ND control they would have liked them to Fig 1. Stewart Routledge, chair problem in some villages, be vaccinated. project. This two year of the KYEEMA Foundation and ND vaccination was and Helen, at the KYEEMA initially blamed as Fowl Pox 102 vaccinators have been project runs from 1 office in . often involves the eyes, but trained in the area over 12 July 2010 – 30 June it has also been seen in years (49 in the last 3 years). 2012, and focuses on Stewart Routledge and his unvaccinated chickens. Now only 67 are active, mostly building on the activi- wife Helen and one of females, as men go to the b) Stickfast fleas around the KYEEMA’s donors (Jill mines in South Africa to work. ties implemented un- e y e s , c a u s i n g h i g h Cameron accompanied by Mr It appears that focusing on der Phase 1 and con- mortalities in chicks. Mike Evans) visited training more female vaccinators is a way to achieve tributing towards Mozambique last September Another concern was higher ongoing vaccination achieving the MDGs. to see the work KYEEMA is vaccination coverage which doing. Jill has been donating is still low. Only 33% of rates, through retaining them CONTENTS funds to KYEEMA since the registered chickens are being longer. More female-headed KYEEMA donors 1 beginning. vaccinated according to households are accepting visit Mozambique vaccination compared to male- Ministry records. The While in Maputo they went headed households. Extension staff 2 trained in Mozam- for a day visit to project bique vaccination areas in Chibuto.

Strengthening of 2 In the field they were able to vaccine production speak with the head of ▼ Fig. 2. Chicken capacity, Malawi livestock services in the with stickfast fleas around the eye National review and 3 district, some community (arrow) in one of planning meeting, vaccinators and village the villages visited Tanzania poultry producers. in Chibuto district. Cold chain analysis 3 in Tanzania Some concerns were

Zambian Country 4 mentioned during the Coordinator passes discussions mainly related to away QUARTERLY EDITION P A G E 2 Mozambique: Expands activities of ND control in Gaza and Provinces

With the objective of also emphasised aspects After their return, each ex- increasing vaccine coverage of self-evaluation by vac- tension worker is expected 30 extension workers (15 cinators of their work, to train community vacci- from Gaza and 15 from the identification of prob- nators (CV) in his/her dis- Inhambane provinces) were lems and options for their trict. trained from 27 to 30 of resolution. September 2010 in Chókwe In total it is planned to train district, . Out Each extension worker 195 CV for the next of this number only 3 exten- received a cool box for vaccination campaign in Fig.3: One of the sion workers were female. the transport of vaccines, 2011, 97 of these in Gaza Numaio children catches The training was conducted and extension material. and 98 in Inhambane. his chicken to be by staff from the Livestock Refresher training of 176 CV vaccinated (Tchaimite and Extension directorates in Gaza and 78 Post, Chibuto). Photo: from the Ministry of Agri- Ana Bela Cambaza C V i n culture. Inhambane is The components of the train- also planned. Mrs Numaio is a ing included: an introduc- vaccinator from tion to ND; the characteris- Fig. 4: Chókwe Tchaimite, Chibuto. tics, handling and admini- d i s t r i c t During the phase 1 stration of I-2 ND vaccine; Administrator at evaluation, she said how to organise a vaccina- the opening that she started to ceremony of the vaccinate chickens tion campaign; and how to monitor progress. Training training. (Photo : from her household Judite Braga). during the first campaign in November 2009. At Malawi: Partners contribute to build capacity at the the time of the first vaccination Central Veterinary Laboratory campaign she had a total of 19 chickens. Some NGOs which utilise achieved such as the NGOs to the vaccine F o l l o w i n g t h e vaccine in their programs were inclusion of other partners production unit and others. second and third, interviewed during the working with poultry in As an example of the March and July 2010 evaluation of the Phase One the Country Coordinating existing collaboration, the vaccination Committee; provision of Small Scale Livestock campaigns, she did of the regional ND control project. Although they were extension materials and Promotion Program (SSLPP) not have any vaccine; support from recently donated an egg enthusiastic and knowledgeable chicken die from incubator to the Central ND and her flock about the use of I-2 Veterinary Laboratory size had increased vaccine for (CVL) because they to 65 chickens. controllling ND, understand that building the In this household they mentioned that capacity of the CVL can in- children are given this partnership crease vaccine production birds to raise to s h o u l d b e support their school and lead to sustainable con- strengthened and needs. trol of ND and improve the opportunities for livelihoods in the rural areas. collaboration

exploited. There are a number of ways in Fig.5: Egg incubator donated by which this can be SSLPP to the CVL. (Photo: Richard Mgomezulu, 2010). QUARTERLY EDITION P A G E 3 Tanzania: Conducts a National Planning and Review Workshop

The Ministry of Livestock Devel- 2. Prepare a work plan for ND control opment and Fisheries, in collabo- activities in Singida district project vil- ration with Kyeema Regional lages Newcastle Disease Control Pro- 3. To strengthen coordination and col- ject – Tanzania, conducted the laboration between stakeholders and National Planning and Review increase coverage of I-2 ND vaccine in Tanzania. Workshop in Dodoma from 3-5 August 2010.The purpose of the Twenty-nine participants from CVL, MLDF, project district (Singida Rural), workshop was: Fig. 6: Participants at the meeting. seven VICs, Universities, Regional Sec- (Photo: H. Msami). 1. Review Newcastle disease retariats, and NGOs attended and pre- (ND) control activities and in- sented short reports at the workshop. Re- dertaken, constraints to the work and crease awareness of ND control ports outlined the present situation with among all stakeholders in Tanza- achievements made during the last five respect to ND control, key activities un- nia. years. Cold Chain Monitoring in Support of Efficacious Newcastle Disease Vaccination Campaigns in Village Poultry in Tanzania

Since 2002, KYEEMA Foundation has been implementing It was observed that the limits of the recommended community based ND control programs in villages in parameters of 2-8°C of the cold chain were consistently Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and recently Zambia . breached and vaccine was exposed to temperatures both However in countries with hot climates, the delivery of above and below the 0°C and 25°C outer limits. potent vaccines has been challenging. But the use of I-2 This study is important because it demonstrates the ND live thermotolerant vaccine makes it more likely that importance of monitoring the cold chain, and the need to efficacious vaccine is delivered to remote villages because check and keep daily logs of the temperature of it is less sensitive to high ambient temperature. Although refrigerators and adjust the temperature accordingly when live vaccines have the advantage of inducing rapid im- exceeds the recommended parameters. mune response they are more sensitive to the fluctuations of environmental temperatures. Therefore, they need to be transported properly to ensure that there is no loss of vaccine potency to render it ineffective.

With the purpose of ensuring that the cold chain used to deliver thermotolerant ND vaccine from the Central Veterinary Laboratory in Dar es Salaam to village chickens in the Singida District is meeting the recommended temperature of 2-8°C from the time it is manufactured to administration and thus guaranteeing the administration of efficacious vaccine, a cold chain monitoring study was conducted by Alison Allukian, a Fig. 7: Refrigerator used student from Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary to store vaccine (Photo: A. Allukian). Medicine, from June to August 2010 in Tanzania under the supervision of Dr. Msami. Fig. 8 (above): Temperature data logger. An Australian Government initiative in Africa

KYEEMA Foundation

The KYEEMA Foundation is a non-profit organisation formed in 2003, which supports prevention and control pro- grams for diseases affecting plants and animals in develop- ing countries, as well as helping with the development of technology to assist in improving the living standards of in- dividuals. Capacity building is a core component of KY- EEMA’s projects which are usually implemented in collabo- ration with national government agencies and local NGOs.

KYEEMA Foundation and its subsidiary entity the Interna- tional Rural Poultry Centre (IRPC) have been working to- wards capacity building, community development and pov- erty alleviation through developing and implementing a sus- tainable model for ND control.

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The Regional ND control project loses one of its Zambia has new Chief collaborators! Veterinary Officer for Obituary Dr Charles Nyeleti CVRI and a new project

With deepest sorrow we received Country Cooordinator the news of the untimely death of Dr Charles Nyeleti. He passed away on 1st October 2010 at the University Teaching Hospital in The Department of Veterinary and Lusaka. Livestock Development under the At the time of his death Dr. Fig.8: Dr. Charles Nyeleti Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Nyeleti was the Country Development in Zambia has Coordinator - Zambia for the man and still had a lot to offer and nominated Dr. Gerald Monga as the Regional ND control project in live for. This was a great loss for acting Head of CVRI and Dr. Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania everyone. Dr. Nyeleti will be Namukolo Muyamwa as the and Zambia. He was also the sorely missed by all those who Country Coordinator - Zambia for Chief Veterinary Officer at the knew him. the Regional ND control project in Central Veterinary Research Our sincere thoughts and prayers Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania Institute (CVRI) in Zambia. are with his family, friends and and Zambia. He was a dynamic and committed colleagues.