Health Care Providers’ Knowledge and Practice Gap towards Joint Zoonotic Disease Surveillance System: Challenges and Opportunities, Gomma District, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Knowledge gap of health service providers on anthrax, Gomma district, Jimma Zone, 2015.

Variable			Number ()	Percent (%)
Heard about anthrax? ()		Yes	315	97.5
		No	5	1.5
		Not sure	3	.9
Anthrax attacks ()	Domestic animals	Yes	211	67.0
		No	99	31.4
		Not sure	5	1.6
	Human	Yes	206	65.4
		No	106	33.7
		Not sure	3	1.0
	Wild animals	Yes	64	20.3
		No	221	70.2
		Not sure	30	9.5
Anthrax transmission ()	Sick animal to human	Yes	216	68.3
		No	95	30.2
		Not sure	6	1.6
Anthrax prevention ()	Vaccination of animals	Yes	202	64.1
		No	107	34.0
		Not sure	6	1.9
	Isolation of sick animals	Yes	198	62.9
		No	108	34.3
		Not sure	9	2.9
	Creating community awareness	Yes	205	65.1
		No	108	34.3
		Not sure	2	.6
	Conducting active surveillance	Yes	175	55.6
		No	131	41.6
		Not sure	9	2.9
	Wearing protective clothing	Yes	175	55.6
		No	130	41.3
		Not sure	10	3.2
	Disinfection of contacts/materials	Yes	196	62.2
		No	116	36.8
		Not sure	3	1.0
	Properly burial of dead animal/human	Yes	199	63.2
		No	112	35.6
		Not sure	4	1.3
Are human rabies and/or anthrax reportable diseases in Ethiopia?		Yes	316	97.8
		No	2	.6
		Not sure	5	1.5
Are animal rabies and/or anthrax reportable diseases in Ethiopia?		Yes	310	96.0
		No	6	1.9
		Not sure	7	2.2
Do you think that human and animal sectors can	Work together for zoonotic diseases	Yes	316	97.8
		No	5	1.5
		Not sure	2	.6
	Jointly conduct surveillance on zoonotic diseases	Yes	313	96.9
		No	6	1.9
		Not sure	4	1.2