Research Article

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

Table 4

Practice gap of health service providers and their respective sectors on joint surveillance, Gomma district, Jimma Zone, 2015.

VariableNumber ()Percent (100%)

Conducted joint surveillance on zoonotic diseases with human or animal sectorYes 117 36.2
No19460.1
Not sure123.7

Joint surveillance activity experience ()PlanningYes119.4
No10690.6
Surveillance data exchangeYes1311.1
No10388.0
Not sure1.9
Outbreak responseYes11699.1
No1.9
Monitoring and evaluationYes1210.3
No10589.7

Did your sector have integrated surveillance structure?Yes72.2
No29992.6
Not sure175.2

Level of integration was between ()Health extension workers and DAsYes571.4
No228.6
Health centre and veterinary clinicYes571.4
No228.6
Human and animal focal personsYes571.4
No228.6

Integrated surveillance manual in your institutionYes61.9
No30293.5
Not sure154.6