Willingness to vaccinate and willingness to pay for vaccination against peste des petits ruminants in northern Senegal

Ilboudo, G.S., Wanyoike, F., Bahta, S., Sy, S., Djigo, C.A.T., Sall, P.A., Lô, M.M. and Dione, M. 2024. Willingness to vaccinate and willingness to pay for vaccination against peste des petits ruminants in northern Senegal. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 11: 1405073.

Background: This study was carried out in Linguere department, Louga region of Senegal. Its objective was to explore the socio-economic factors that influence small ruminant producers’ decisions on vaccination against peste des petits ruminants.

Methods: We carried out a willingness to vaccinate and willingness to pay for vaccination using a choice experiment approach with 200 small ruminant producers.

Results: Results showed that the key factors that influence willingness to vaccinate, include perceived benefits of vaccination (98, 95%CI: 96–100%), the type of vaccinator (91, 95%CI: 87–95%), the access to information (86, 95%CI: 81–91%), the vaccine availability (80, 95%CI: 74–86%), and the possession of a vaccination certificate by the producer (76, 95%CI: 70–82%). Preferences of producers leaned toward home vaccination (preference weight = 0.74, p = 1%), individual herd vaccination (preference weight = 0.45, p = 1%), elective participation to vaccination (preference weight = 0.33, p = 0.01), and low-cost services (preference weight = −0.004, p = 0.1). Producers expressed a willingness to pay for vaccination per animal of XOF 184 (USD 0.3), XOF 113 (USD 0.18), and XOF 82 (USD 0.13) for home, individual herd, and elective vaccination, respectively.

Conclusion: The findings underscore the importance of targeted awareness campaigns and bringing vaccination services closer to the producers.