Capacity of community-based organisations to disseminate sleeping sickness information.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the capacity of established community based organisations (CBOs) to disseminate information on sleeping sickness control.


METHODS
Participatory interview process administered to randomly selected CBOs in a tsetse and trypanosomosis endemic area.


METHODS
Busia district, Western, Kenya.


RESULTS
Community based organisations especially women groups and farmer field schools that are internally initiated have the potential to contribute greatly to sustainable sleeping sickness dissemination strategies. The study indicated a mean reach of between 400-600 persons per day, but with a range of up to 1000 persons per day.


CONCLUSIONS
Internally initiated women groups may be the best options for targeting health education programmes with the aim of ensuring sustained community participation.
Bukachi
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Epidemiology Division, Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute, P.O. Box 399 Busia, Kenya.
Nyamwaro
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Matete
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Karuga
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D003153:Community Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D003150:Community Health Workers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D016730:Program Development; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000078329:Workforce