Recognizing the vital
need for healthy animals in remote
villages of South Kordofan, UNMIS
assisted with a two-week training
course for community workers in disease
control.
The Remount and Veterinary Company
of UNMIS' Indian contingent briefed
20 Community Animal Health Workers
in drug use and sterilization methods
at a specially organized Vet Aid Camp
in El Shafifa village. They also learned
about proportional drug administration,
signs of healthy and diseased animals
and animal health.
Technical training of animal health
workers in Sudan is crucial in providing
primary animal health facilities in
villages, where vet facilities and
staff are non-existent and obtaining
vet treatment for ailing animals means
traveling long distances.
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The
Indian detachment provided a complete
set of vet medicines, including antibiotics,
and vet trainers from the civil vet
hospital remained in the village for
the entire workshop. Other partners
assisting with the session included
the Food and Agriculture Organization,
the South Kordofan Director General
of Animal Resources and the non-governmental
organization Om Sharbhiba.
The Remount and Veterinary Detachment
is equipped with needed equipment,
medicine and vaccines to treat all
species of animals. The detachment
has also assisted in setting up Community
Veterinary Centres managed by community
workers in areas of meagre vet facilities.
The infrastructure and medicines for
the Centres are contributed by various
UN agencies.
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