A qualitative study on gendered barriers to livestock vaccine uptake in Kenya and Uganda and their implications on Rift Valley fever control

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dc.creatorMutua, Edna N.
dc.creatorHaan, Nicoline C. de
dc.creatorTumusiime, Dan
dc.creatorJost, Christine
dc.creatorBett, Bernard K.
dc.date2019-09-01
dc.date2019-08-13T13:11:18Z
dc.date2019-08-13T13:11:18Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T16:35:06Z
dc.descriptionRift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic disease of great public health and economic importance transmitted by mosquitoes. The main method of preventing the disease is vaccination of susceptible livestock before outbreaks occur. Studies on RVF vaccines have focused on the production processes, safety, and efficacy standards but those on uptake and adoption levels are rare. This study sought to understand the barriers faced by men and women farmers in the uptake of livestock vaccines to inform strategies for optimizing the use of vaccines against RVF in East Africa. The cross-sectional qualitative study utilized the pairwise ranking technique in sex disaggregated focus group discussions to identify and rank these barriers. Results indicate that men and women farmers experience barriers to vaccine uptake differentially. The barriers include the direct and indirect cost of vaccines, distances to vaccination points, availability of vaccination crushes, intra-household decision making processes and availability of information on vaccination campaigns. The study concludes that vaccine provision does not guarantee uptake at the community level. Hence, these barriers should be considered while designing vaccination strategies to enhance community uptake because vaccine uptake is a complex process which requires buy-in from men and women farmers, veterinary departments, county/district and national governments, and vaccine producers.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/102490
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/127280
dc.languageen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceMutua, E., Haan, N. de, Tumusiime, D., Jost, C. and Bett, B. 2019. A qualitative study on gendered barriers to livestock vaccine uptake in Kenya and Uganda and their implications on Rift Valley fever control. Vaccines 7(3): 86.
dc.subjectzoonoses
dc.subjectvaccines
dc.subjectdisease control
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectlivestock
dc.subjectinfectious diseases
dc.subjectpharmacology
dc.subjectimmunology
dc.titleA qualitative study on gendered barriers to livestock vaccine uptake in Kenya and Uganda and their implications on Rift Valley fever control
dc.typeJournal Article

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