Building the future One Health workforce in Eastern and Southern Africa: Gaps and opportunities

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Greenwichen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Montpellieren_US
cg.contributor.affiliationEduardo Mondlane Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationCentre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développementen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Namibiaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationBotswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resourcesen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationNelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technologyen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Pretoriaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationAddis Ababa Universityen_US
cg.contributor.donorEuropean Unionen_US
cg.coverage.countryBotswanaen_US
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen_US
cg.coverage.countryKenyaen_US
cg.coverage.countryMalawien_US
cg.coverage.countryMozambiqueen_US
cg.coverage.countryNamibiaen_US
cg.coverage.countryRwandaen_US
cg.coverage.countryTanzaniaen_US
cg.coverage.countryUgandaen_US
cg.coverage.countryZambiaen_US
cg.coverage.countryZimbabween_US
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cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZMen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZWen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierShauna Richards: 0000-0001-6000-0422en_US
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489en_US
cg.creator.identifierTheo Knight-Jones: 0000-0003-4342-6055en_US
cg.creator.identifierFlorence Mutua: 0000-0002-1007-5511en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1079/cabionehealth.2025.0014en_US
cg.issn2791-223Xen_US
cg.issue1en_US
cg.journalCABI One Healthen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriCAPACITY STRENGTHENINGen_US
cg.subject.ilriONE HEALTHen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen_US
cg.volume4en_US
dc.contributor.authorYussuf, Bukeen_US
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Shaunaen_US
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen_US
dc.contributor.authorMutie, Ianettaen_US
dc.contributor.authorCaron, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDe Nys, H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGoregena, B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKgosimore, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKimaro, E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorQekwana, N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTadesse, Y.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKnight-Jones, Theodore J.D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMutua, Florence K.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-15T06:42:54Zen_US
dc.date.available2025-04-15T06:42:54Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/174182en_US
dc.titleBuilding the future One Health workforce in Eastern and Southern Africa: Gaps and opportunitiesen_US
dcterms.abstractThe Quadripartite comprised of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Health Organization (WHO), World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), and the One Health High Level Expert Panel collectively support enhancing the One Health (OH) capacities of the workforce addressing OH issues; however, competencies for this workforce are not generally agreed upon, applied uniformly, or always relevant in the global South. The objectives of this study were to (1) develop an inventory of OH education offered by higher education institutes in Eastern and Southern Africa, and (2) define OH competencies relevant for OH training in Eastern and Southern Africa. A survey in 11 Eastern and Southern African countries was conducted with OH key informants purposively selected from higher education institutes offering OH education (n = 1–3/higher education institutes). Snowball sampling was used to identify additional higher education institutes/individuals. Results were validated by OH country representatives. Data were collected using questionnaires, and descriptive statistics were used to present the results. Forty-two questionnaires were completed from 29 higher education institutes, and 166 OH education interventions were reported with 69% being courses contributing to a degree, 21% as degree/diploma awarding, and the remainder were missing data (n = 16). Masters were the most common OH degree program of which the highest number of students taught were from public health/OH, food safety, and applied epidemiology. There are many OH educational courses and activities on offer in Eastern and Southern Africa; however, their total breadth is difficult to assess due to limited awareness of the availability of OH education not only between higher education institutes in a country but also even within a higher education institute between faculties. Numerous cross-cutting and technical competencies were considered essential to work in OH; however, this level of expertise is rarely logistically possible to provide in any single degree program. For OH education to be consistently applied, competency frameworks that are relevant to a region are necessary. Technical competencies are important from a disciplinary context; however, necessary cross-cutting competencies should be a focus in developing the future OH workforce.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2025-04-10en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationWako, B.Y., Richards, S., Grace, D., Mutie, I., Caron, A., De Nys, H., Goregena, B., Kgosimore, M., Kimaro, E., Qekwana, N., Tadesse, Y., Knight-Jones, T. and Mutua, F. 2025. Building the future One Health workforce in Eastern and Southern Africa: Gaps and opportunities. CABI One Health 4(1): 0014.en_US
dcterms.extent0014en_US
dcterms.issued2025-01en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherCAB Internationalen_US
dcterms.subjectcapacity buildingen_US
dcterms.subjectone health approachen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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