{"id":26573,"date":"2024-09-24T10:46:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T08:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bulletin.woah.org\/?p=26573"},"modified":"2024-09-25T16:44:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T14:44:44","slug":"community-animal-health-workers-cahws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletin.woah.org\/?p=26573&lang=es","title":{"rendered":" Advancing Community Animal Health Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"
WOAH Competency and Curricula Guidelines for Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs): updates, launch webinars and the next steps<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
The World Organisation for Animal Health is pleased to present the WOAH Competency and Curricula Guidelines for <\/em>Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs)<\/em>. These guidelines will serve to enhance CAHWs skills, effectiveness and their proper integration within the veterinary workforce. This initiative aims to strengthen Veterinary Services, especially in rural and underserved areas, by ensuring that CAHWs are well-equipped to provide essential animal healthcare.
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\n<\/strong><\/span>With this new initiative, there are more novelties in the pipeline from WOAH and its partners, V\u00e9t\u00e9rinaires sans Fronti\u00e8res International and the Ohio State University. <\/span>To disseminate these updates globally, WOAH will host three launch webinars in English, Spanish and French. <\/span>Do you want to know more? Keep reading and register for our dedicated webinars in the links available in this article!<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

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Enhancing CAHWs\u2019 participation with newly published guidelines<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The recent publication of the WOAH Competency and Curriculum Guidelines are a significant step in empowering CAHWs. In countries and regions where veterinarians and veterinary paraprofessionals are in short supply, CAHWs can play a crucial role in safeguarding animal health in remote, rural and resource-limited areas, often serving as the first line of defense against disease outbreaks.<\/p>\n

By offering competency-based curriculum guidelines, WOAH aims to professionalise and standardise the competencies required of these workers, allowing them to better serve their communities and contribute to broader public health goals.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The main objective of these guidelines is to provide guidance on the training of CAHWs to ensure their core competencies so that their communities have confidence in their abilities and the Veterinary Services has a basis for assessing their qualifications.  As such, the guidelines help to promote the acceptance and use of CAHWs as an important cadre for the delivery of animal health services.<\/p>\n

Access the English version of the guidelines<\/a><\/span>. NB: the French and Spanish versions are in the process of being published.<\/p>\n

Launch Webinars: Reaching Global Audiences<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

To promote these guidelines, WOAH will host three launch webinars in English, Spanish, and French. These webinars will be crucial in disseminating the good news to a diverse and global audience. The multilingual approach allowed stakeholders from various regions to access the information in their preferred language, ensuring better comprehension and engagement.<\/p>\n

During the webinars, experts from WOAH will outline the importance of CAHWs and the content of these guidelines, explaining how the new competencies would enhance the work of CAHWs in real-world scenarios.<\/p>\n

Register for the WOAH Guidelines for Community Animal Health Workers Webinar:<\/p>\n