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Assist para-vets to respect and support the work of village pelsa

• Pelsa play a really vital role in building good community trust and engagement with the veterinary services. Without Pelsa the system really is completely passive - dinas staff must wait for reports to come in from individual farmers. Most farmers will only report if they feel comfortable doing so, and confident that it will bring a positive (or at least not negative!) outcome.
• Passive farmer reporting is one of the cheapest and most extensive types of surveillance. Vets and some paravets will learn about this in the Field Epi and Surveillance courses which have been designed to support the iSIKHNAS system. Strong community relationships, good communication and trust are the foundation stones of any strong passive farmer reporting system. Pelsa act as a link or conduit between community and the veterinary service, making communication easier for farmers and, now with iSIKHNAS, ensuring greater response from the animal health staff.
• Paravets should be encouraged to get to know their local Pelsa, to talk to them respectfully and patiently and to include them, wherever possible, in any visits within the village. The respect your staff show will very likely spread within the community and the Pelsa will be used more.
• Pelsa will need support, encouragement, periodic refresher training and opportunities to offer treatment solutions to farmers to simple problems that don't require veterinary attention. For that reason, Pelsa can ease the work load of paravets for very mundane or routine problems, leaving more time for more important tasks or cases.
• Remember: Pelsa are the eyes and ears in the field and they can contribute significantly to the strength of iSIKHNAS.
• Coordinators will have to guage what the realistic response rates for Pelsa alerts will be in order to manage expectations and reassure Pelsa so that they can keep their communities informed.