Sudan

Southern Sudan having experienced two decades of continuous civil conflict has been an environment only suitable for short - term emergency operations by NGOs, UN agencies and humanitarian organisations. However, following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the stage has now been set for the introduction of medium and long - term rehabilitation and developmental interventions.

The majority of the population in southern Sudan are agro - pastoralists or pastoralists dependent on livestock (cattle, sheep and goats) for their food security. The remaining communities are agriculturalists keeping poultry as well as a few other species of small stock. Livestock rearing is thus a major livelihood activity and contributes significantly, directly or indirectly, to the food security of the people of south Sudan. However, two decades of civil war has destroyed the animal health delivery structures which were previously managed by the government. Due to the lack of essential veterinary services, major endemic livestock diseases such as contagious bovine pleuro-pneumonia (CBPP), haemorrhagic septicaemia (HS), black quarter, anthrax and foot and mouth disease (FMD) have become major constraints to livestock productivity and consequently the food security of livestock dependent communities of southern Sudan.

The OLS Livestock Programme of southern Sudan, under which VSF Belgium implements its current projects, has been instrumental in establishing a community based animal health service delivery structure that is community managed and supervised. This project will provide veterinary inputs and training of animal health workers to strengthen the existing community based animal health delivery system particularly in gap areas that were difficult to access before signing of the CPA.

Notes of technical day Nairobi 2006: click here (pdf -854kb) to download a document presenting the current interventions of VSF Belgium , Suisse and Germany in Sudan.

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