“Without a man’s decision, nothing works”: Building resilience to Rift Valley fever in pastoralist communities in Isiolo Kenya

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nairobien
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationDurham Universityen
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germanyen
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierIrene mutambo: 0000-0002-4237-812Xen
cg.creator.identifierBernard Bett: 0000-0001-9376-2941en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316015en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1932-6203en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalPLOS ONEen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriGENDERen
cg.subject.ilriPASTORALISMen
cg.subject.ilriRESILIENCEen
cg.subject.ilriRVFen
cg.subject.ilriZOONOTIC DISEASESen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen
cg.volume20en
dc.contributor.authorMutambo, Irene N.en
dc.contributor.authorBett, Bernard K.en
dc.contributor.authorBukachi, S.A.en
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-30T19:16:53Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-30T19:16:53Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/172579
dc.title“Without a man’s decision, nothing works”: Building resilience to Rift Valley fever in pastoralist communities in Isiolo Kenyaen
dcterms.abstractRift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic disease that affects both livestock and humans. Men and women in pastoralist communities are vulnerable to RVF risk exposure because of their different roles and reliance on livestock products. This study sought to understand how ownership and decision-making in pastoralist male and female-headed households influence coping mechanisms and resilience to Rift Valley fever (RVF), using the three resilience capacities of absorptive, adaptive, and transformative. This study was conducted in two sub-counties (Garbatulla) and Merti), Isiolo County, Kenya. Data were collected through 16 focus group discussions and 13 key informant interviews with pastoralists and animal and human health stakeholders. The findings indicate that traditionally, men have the final say on decisions related to livestock ownership and make overall household decisions. Pastoralist men and women employ different approaches, including hygiene practices and mosquito nets, community knowledge dissemination, establishment of new businesses, utilization of healthcare, and indigenous medicines, to reduce the effects of RVF in both humans and livestock. They also collaborated with community disease surveillance initiatives to strengthen disease surveillance networks and gain access to county government support. This process fosters resilience, community empowerment, and transformative and sustainable adaptation responses to RVF.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMutambo, I.N., Bett, B. and Bukachi, S.A. 2025. “Without a man’s decision, nothing works”: Building resilience to Rift Valley fever in pastoralist communities in Isiolo Kenya. PLOS ONE 20(1): e0316015.en
dcterms.extente0316015en
dcterms.issued2025-01-28en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectpastoralismen
dcterms.subjectresilienceen
dcterms.subjectrift valley feveren
dcterms.subjectzoonosesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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