| Disease focus |
Rabies |
Zoonotic sleeping sickness, bovine trypanosomiasis and tick-borne diseases |
Sanitation-related diseases, including helminths and cysticercosis |
| Main target population |
Dog-owners |
Cattle owners |
Open defecators |
| Locations |
Kilombero and Ulanga districts, Southern Region |
Dokolo, Kaberamaido, Serere and Soroti districts, Eastern and Northern Region |
Katete district, Eastern Province |
| Approach |
Top-down |
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) |
Community-based and Participatory |
| Technology |
Vaccination |
Veterinary insecticides and promotion of the restricted application protocol (RAP) |
Social mobilisation and locally-available pit latrine innovations |
| Incentives for communities |
Rabies prevention in dogs and people |
Improved animal production, veterinary services and prevention of sleeping sickness |
Improved sanitation and community empowerment |
| Delivery strategy |
Government veterinary extension workers |
Private veterinarians and animal health workers |
Community volunteers |
| Incentives for implementers |
Per diems |
Business inputs, trainings and long-term support |
Community service and small financial/material benefits |
| Governance |
WHO country office and district veterinary officers (DVOs), funded by BMGF |
A consortium of public and private partners in Uganda and Europe, funded by DFID, EU and private philanthropy |
District water and sanitation coordinator under local government and supervised by UNICEF, with funding from DFID |
