Teffera Alazar Mekonnen, Megerssa Yoseph Cherinet
College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, Addis Ababa University, Bishoftu, Ethiopia.
Vet Med Sci. 2025 Mar;11(2):e70301. doi: 10.1002/vms3.70301.
In veterinary medicine, vaccines help in combating various infectious diseases, thus maintaining the health and welfare of the animals. However, in Ethiopia, the use of vaccines has been hindered by multiple challenges, and the extent of willingness to vaccinate (WTV) has not been properly assessed.
A cross-sectional study was carried out from December 2023 to February 2024 to assess the willingness of livestock owners to vaccinate and the factors affecting it in Negele-Arsi, Shashemene and Hawassa, Ethiopia. A total of 100 questionnaire samples (50 from Negele-Arsi, 30 from Shashemene and 20 from Hawassa) were collected from veterinary clinics in these areas.
Overall, 38% of the respondents reported WTV for their animals, 36% of the reported willingness to pay, whereas 75% of the respondents also chose drugs as a control method for diseases compared to vaccines. Age, educational level of livestock owners and the rate of importance of vaccines were also shown to have a significant association with WTV (p < 0.05). As challenges, livestock owners mentioned that inaccessibility, high price of vaccines and harm caused by vaccines as the major obstacles they face when vaccinating their animals.
This study has demonstrated that the lack of awareness and knowledge about vaccines, coupled with challenges livestock owners are facing, are the obstacles hindering the vaccination of a vast number of livestock in the three areas. Therefore, it is necessary to address these problems properly to ensure the effective delivery of vaccines for the appropriate service of vaccines.
在兽医学中，疫苗有助于对抗各种传染病，从而维护动物的健康和福祉。然而，在埃塞俄比亚，疫苗的使用受到多种挑战的阻碍，并且动物接种意愿（WTV）的程度尚未得到妥善评估。
于2023年12月至2024年2月开展了一项横断面研究，以评估埃塞俄比亚内盖莱-阿尔西、沙舍梅内和哈瓦萨地区牲畜所有者的疫苗接种意愿及其影响因素。从这些地区的兽医诊所共收集了100份问卷样本（50份来自内盖莱-阿尔西，30份来自沙舍梅内，20份来自哈瓦萨）。
总体而言，38%的受访者表示其动物有接种意愿，36%的受访者表示愿意付费，而与疫苗相比，75%的受访者还选择药物作为疾病的控制方法。牲畜所有者的年龄、教育水平以及疫苗的重要性程度也与接种意愿存在显著关联（p < 0.05）。作为挑战，牲畜所有者提到无法获取疫苗、疫苗价格高昂以及疫苗造成的危害是他们给动物接种疫苗时面临的主要障碍。
本研究表明，对疫苗缺乏认识和了解，再加上牲畜所有者面临的挑战，是阻碍这三个地区大量牲畜接种疫苗的障碍。因此，有必要妥善解决这些问题，以确保有效提供疫苗，实现疫苗的适当服务。
