Locally-relevant information was always presented
LifeStock engaged with the Merrick and Company to deliver a series of on-line trainings to field, academic, and government veterinarians, on community engagement with smallholders.
During 2021 and 2022, on-line training occurred, in FRENCH, on biosafety, biosecurity, risk assessment, and key transboundary and zoonotic diseases.
At the conclusion of the trainings, all participants were required to design and execute a community engagement training activity, geared to smallholders, to help bring them into the surveillance system, control the worst diseases, and so improve food security and public health.
Rabies costs Algeria more than $19M US annually
Rabies statistics for Algerians
In Algeria, there is an average of 22 human deaths annually due to rabies.
Statistics for vaccines and PEP
In Algeria, vaccine coverage for dogs is only 23.7%.
And, there are about 80,000 humans treated for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) for rabies annually.
Project funding
This project was funded by Department of State Bioengagement Program, through the Merrick Corporation.