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?