Experiences From PPP Models Tested Under HERAD project, Oromia Region Restoration of Livestock Services in Drought Affected areas of Oromia Region (RESTORE) Dr Desalegn Jarso Oromia Region Public-Private-Partnership for the delivery of veterinary services Review and validation of PPP models for scaling out ILRIETH campus, Azage Auditorium, Addis Ababa 27 March 2025 PRESENTATION OUTLINE 1. Introduction 2. PPP models tested in Oromia Region 3. Partners 4. Roles of stakeholders/partners 5. Types of services provided 6. Number of Animal Vaccinated and households served 7. Perception of partners 8. Lessons and challenges 9. Recommendations for sustainability 10. Scaling out strategy and planning 1. Introduction Veterinary Services Delivery in the Region The veterinary services in the Region is delivered in two major ways Public veterinary services delivery Private veterinary services delivery 1. Introduction cont…. 1. Public veterinary services delivery Most of these services, except vaccination, are provided in public veterinary clinics The service provided in the clinics does not exceed a radius of 30 kms Therefore, The current state of public veterinary service coverage is not in line with the public needs 1. Introduction cont…. No Clinic Type Required Available Coverage 1 B 216 128 60% 2 C 264 324 100% 3 D 6419 2335 37% Total 6899 2805 41% Animal Health service providers in the region 1. Introduction cont…. The provision of private veterinary services is largely based on drugs selling. There are very few private practitioners that open clinics and provide services. Similar to public, private veterinary service coverage is also low Private Clinic Pharmacy 324 696 2. Private veterinary services delivery 1. Introduction cont…. 1.3. Treating each other as opponents rather than working together Lack of policy that can ensure public private cooperation and collaboration Private practitioners are limited to drug shop and in-clinic treatment 1.3. Relationships between public and private vet cervices providers 2. PPP models tested in Oromia Region Model I: Private vaccination service: Model IV: Mobile clinical service Model VII: Strategic community-based endo- and ecto-parasite control by private service providers: 3. Model I, IV and VII Partners Bureau of Agriculture, Oromia regional State; International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)-Ethiopian Veterinary Association (EVA); Asela Regional Veterinary Laboratory (ARVL) Dirre Inchini Woreda Administration, Agriculture office; Negelle Arsi Woreda Administration, Agriculture office; Teferi Kebede Private Veterinary shop Firomsa Private Veterinary Clinic Nageso Private Mobile Clinic; Buze Private Veterinary Pharmacy 4. Roles of stakeholders/partners Roles of Bureau of Agriculture Recognized and support the private partner (certificates) to deliver vaccination services against the selected diseases; Supplied the selected vaccines ahead of implementation for the privet partner Enforced public regulations to ensure implementation of the pilot model intervention; Provided the necessary support to the regional taskforce to closely oversee the implementation of the pilot model 4. Roles cont… Collaborated on monitoring and evaluation in close consultation with ILRI/EVA and regional veterinary laboratories; Through the Asela RVL, conducted sero-prevalence ahead of the commencement of the pilot intervention and sero-conversion after the pilot intervention for the selected diseases; Submitted findings of the diagnostic surveys to ILRI/EVA after the completion of the surveys; 4. Roles cont… 2. Role of ILRI/EVA Provided the necessary diagnostic Kits to conduct laboratory diagnosis for pre-and-post intervention surveys; Covered authorized costs for private partner upon provision of legal vouchers collected from livestock owners; Provided awareness creation and/or trainings relevant to the intervention Conducted monitoring and evaluation of the pilot model intervention, with support from BoA and with active participation of “Regional Laboratory”; Covered all authorized, pre-agreed costs which are incurred by the regional laboratory during diagnostic surveys 4. Roles cont… 3. Role of Woreda Agriculture office In collaboration with “the Bureau”, enforced public regulations associated to the implementation of the pilot intervention; Facilitated supply of vaccines, transporting and storage facilities Provided vaccination calendar and associated information to the private sector, Played leading role in the mobilization of the communities during vaccination campaigns, data collection, awareness creation, cost-recovery strategies of vaccination, Strongly collaborate with ILRI/EVA, the Bureau and RVL during monitoring vaccination campaigns, and pre-and post-intervention surveys; 4. Roles cont… 4. Role of Teferi Kebede Private Veterinary Shop Provided vaccination services against (Ovine and Bovine Pasteurellosis) to farmers on the days of vaccination campaign; Provided periodic report and other necessary information and of the vaccination campaign to the woredas agriculture office; Provided voucher to ILRI/EVA, receipt, relevant attachments and other necessary information before the issuance of authorized payments; 4. Roles cont… 5. Role of Nageso Private Mobile Veterinary Clinic Provided mobile clinical services to livestock owners, through a door to door service delivery method; Provided vaccination services against (Anthrax, Blackleg and Bovine Pasteurellosis) to farmers, based on pre-arranged mutual consent with the public sector Provided periodic reports and other necessary information and of the vaccination campaign to the woredas agriculture office; Provided voucher, receipt, relevant attachments and other necessary information to ILRI/EVA before the issuance of authorized payments; 4. Roles cont… 6. Role of Buze Private Veterinary Pharmacy Supply the necessary veterinary drugs, formulations, supplies and equipment to Nageso, based on negotiation between the two parties; Facilitate transportation issues for timely stocking of veterinary drugs from authorized and reliable pharmaceuticals supplier/s; Share experiences and best practical lesson to Nageso in the area of input supply, customer care, business expansion and management, etc. 5. Types of services provided 6. No of Animal Vaccinated and households served PPP model   Service   Negelle-Arsi Dirre Inchini Total #Animals #HHs #Animals #HHs #Animals #HHs 1) Model-I: Private vaccination           Cattle ( 4 diseases) 34,319   23611   57, 930 Shoats (2 diseases) 21,968   20551   42,519 Equine 0   1500   1500 Poultry 0   3000   3000 Total vaccination 56,287 39,142 48,662 21,429 104,949 60,571 6. No Animal Vaccinated and households served PPP model Service Negelle-Arsi Dirre Inchini Total     #Animals #HHs #Animals #HHs #Animals #HHs 2) Model-IV: Mobile clinical services Bovine, Shoats, Equines 91,889   16221   108,110   Total 91,889 34,308 16,221 0 108,110 34,308 6. No Animal Vaccinated and households served PPP model   Service   Negelle-Arsi Dirre Inchini Total #Animals #HHs #Animals #HHs #Animals #HHs  3) Model-VII: Endo (Ectoparasites) control   Bovine-deworming 54,164   89,426 143,590 Bovine-spraying 2,974   16,236 19,210 Shoats-deworming 16,730   74,284 91,014 Shoats-spraying 3,984   6,594 10,578 Sub-total 77,852 26,109 186,540 43,851 264,392 69,960 Overall Total 226,028 99,559 251,423 65,280 477,451 164,839 7. Perception of the partners Livestock keepers have high need for three of the services Require high productive cows Need to have healthy animals Easily accessed Farmers willing to pay for services, including for services previously provided for the free models The private service providers say they were profitable with all the three services scan0198.pdf 7. Challenges Security problem in the region There was a dispute among The private service providers and ILRI/ EVA regarding payment Initially, there was lack of coordination between the OBoA and ILRI/EVA. 8. Lessons learnt Created strong linkage between the public and private sector We observed that taskforce created sustained collaboration between stakeholders Bureau of Agriculture and woreda offices providing full support The PPP implementation framework contributing to future implementation Farmers were willing to pay for services, including for services previously provided for free Community-based ectoparasite control helped users (more than usual) 23 9. Recommendation The Agriculture bureau need to own the project initiations and incorporate into the region’s development plan The PPP taskforce need to continue as a platform for interaction between the public and the private sector There should be more alternative arrangements (farmers to pay full cost) of PPP models should be developed 9. Recommendation cont… Continue to engage the private sector in community-based vaccination, ectoparasite control and mobile clinic service which contributes to sustained reduction of disease infestations (linking regional and woreda service providers, Model I, VI and VII) Transfer some of the veterinary services to private practitioners Devise cost-recovery mechanism in the region to ensure sustainable provision of veterinary services at cost 10. Scaling out strategy and planning The region has planned to implement cost-recovery mechanism in the region to scale out the PPP models Collaborations with ILRI/EVA on RESTORE PPP will continue as before. We will develop an action plan together Thank You image1.jpeg image2.png image3.png image4.png image5.png image6.png image7.png