Table 3.
Barriers summary | |
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Governance and leadership National (27–31) Regional (32) District (33) Community (34) |
_Lack of political will, unsupportive policies _Lack of organized institutions and a proper and legal framework. _Lack of policies in different sectors _Duplication of other institutional arrangements _Bureaucracy and coordination challenges _Problem of ownership by ministries _Underbudget for the support of the function of the approach _Unproper decisions taken at the central level, not adapted to the realities in the field _The platform is not fully operational to meet the objectives _Lack of interest of health experts in the “one health” concept _Low level of adoption of One Health approaches was low (in the community), _No sops for preparedness and response available at the local level |
Planning process District (34) |
_No guidelines for preparedness and response _No up-to-date information on preparedness and response protocols and availability of emergency resources such as PPE vaccines, syringes etc. was often poor |
Collaborative networks National (28, 29) District (33, 34) Community (27, 34, 35) |
_Competing departmental priorities and institutional interests _Shortcomings in collaboration for intersectoral surveillance _No evidence of formal multisectoral collaboration and communication _Lack of teamwork between health experts _Egoism of health experts who do not consider public benefits when collaborating _Lack of data sharing with other sectors _Lack of trust in drugs and the intervention by the community _Lack of communication with the community _Weak implication of animal health sector response in the community |
Community engagement At the local level (35) |
_Hesitancy due to hygienic problems (mode of delivery) |
Surveillance and monitoring National (28, 31) Regional (28) District (29, 34) Community (34) |
_Disparate human and animal disease reporting systems, _Weak health system in the animal and human sector _Absence of an effective data-sharing system at all the level _Weak mainstreaming in the disease surveillance system _Lack of adequate resources, particularly for the detection of cases in event-based surveillance systems _Not enough staff to cover the whole territory effectively _High turnover of officers at the local level exacerbates the lack of skilled maintenance _Weakness of laboratory network _The paper-based alert system is considered too archaic to allow for rapid and quality notification and response |
Practice and experience National (28, 29) District (29) Community (29, 35) |
_Limited knowledge of zoonoses by relevant cross-sector actors _Lack of training and technical capacities and lack of appropriation of the concept by some sectors like environment and animal _Low level of implication in the environment and animal sector in surveillance and interventions _Lack of support of another sector, like the environment, by TFPs _Lack of dissemination of the approach within the various institutions in the central and decentralized services _Lack or low level of knowledge about how joint interventions at the local level _Communities are less well aware than the central level in One Health activities |
Resources National (27–30, 34) Regional (29, 32) District (33, 34) Community (34) |
_Insufficient financial resources from the government _Mismanagement or lack of funds and supplies for emergency and disease investigation _Poor infrastructure and resourcing, particularly in human and animal health service _Lack of human resources _Lack of cold chain maintenance of the vaccine _Lack of adequate resources for the function of One Health Platform activities _The TFPs more frequently tend to finance vertical programs for specific diseases, particularly in the human sector _Weakness of the national capacity to mobilize resources |
Workforce capacity National (27, 29) |
_Lack of trust toward local health systems _Mistrust between actors _Egos and different mindsets among actors _Different administrative cultures or working practices |
Communication National (27–29) Regional (32) District (27) Community (27, 35) |
_Lack of information and communication for the activities to put in place in the community or asymmetries of information _Lack of telephone coverage in certain areas, which hinders the proper circulation of information _Problem of leadership during investigation missions and the ability to work as a team remains difficult in the field __Absence of formal channels of communication __Low-risk awareness of zoonotic activities at all the level __Not enough communication awareness about drugs and One Health intervention with the community |