Expert Consultation on Community-Based Veterinary Public Health Systems

The objectives of the consultation were to consider and make specific recommendations regarding the delivery of community-based VPH systems, with special emphasis on developing countries in these areas: surveillance methodologies for zoonotic diseases; significance of participatory epidemiology and rapid appraisal techniques; public and private VPH community delivery systems; VPH systems in sub-Saharan Africa; training and public education in VPH; and multidisciplinary approaches at community levels. This publication contains the contributions of the experts and other participants of the Consultation, and is intended to assist veterinary public health services in developing regions in the implementation of community-based systems.