Animal Healthcare Training

John Young; Karen Stoufer; Narayan Ojha; Henk Peter Djikema

doi:10.3362/9781780441917

Animal Healthcare Training

Nepals animal health care improvement training programme

John Young, Karen Stoufer, Narayan Ojha, Henk Peter Djikema

Sarah Jones

Presents the findings of a training project in Nepal which teaches basic animal health care techniques to Nepalese villagers. Ten years later an evaluation was conducted to determine whether there was a continuing need for the courses and to assess their effectiveness. This book describes the course structure, content and approach, and presents the finding of the evaluation, offering an insight into a programme which could usefully be replicated in other rural areas all over the world.

Published: 1994
Pages: 60

eBook: 9781780441917

Paperback: 9781853392450


Preface vii
Acknowledgements ix
Acronyms x
Introduction
Background 1
Setting 2
Livestock disease and animal health services 4
Animal health improvement training programme 8
The farm and veterinary clinic , 9
The training course - selection and content 10
The beginners course 12
Training resources 13
The medicine kit 17
The refresher course 19
AHITP follow-up role 20
Refresher course survey 21
Field visits 22
Introduction 22
Palpa District 24
VAHWs in Baugha Pokhara Thok 31
South Lalitpur 33
VAHWs in South Lalitpur 38
Conclusions 41
Appendices 46
Appendix 1: Diseases treated by the VAHWs 46
Appendix 2: Beginners' course contents 48
Appendix 3: Refresher course contents 49
Appendix 4: The AHITP recommended medicine kit 50