Nepal Elephant TB Control and Mgt Action Plan.pdf - Elephant Care ...

Nepal Elephant Tuberculosis Control andManagement Action Plan (2011-2015)hold training workshops to encourageveterinary diagnosc and clinical skills forthe surveillance of TB and other diseases.2. Naonal level collaboraonLong term collaboraon will be establishedwith NATA to improve respiratory samplecollecon and culture techniques, andwith IAAS and CVL to improve pathologydiagnosis. Partnerships will also be builtwith other organizaons in Nepal to developmolecular screening techniques for capveelephants and other free ranging wildlife TB.3. InternshipsOne or two graduates from IAAS may beinvited annually for a short internshipperiod (3-6 months) under the NETCMAP todevelop a cadre of young veterinarians inwildlife medicine.Issue VI: Insufficient financial resourcesStrategy: Create a sustainable fundingmechanism to support the Nepal TB Control andManagement Acon Plan.Program Ac!vi!es1. Annual budgetAnnual recurring budget for the NepalElephant Tuberculosis Control andManagement Acon Plan will be prepared.2. PartnershipLong term financial commitment will besought from naonal and internaonalconservaon partners including NTNC,WWF Nepal, ECI, ZSL, USFWS etc. to ensurefinancial sustainability of the NETCMAP.3. Basket fundA basket fund to ensure a regular supplyof financial resources will be created atthe field level. Potenal sources for thebasket fund would be concessionaire feefrom the lodges inside Chitwan and BardiaNPs, and revenue diverted back to thecapve elephant bearing Protected Areas(Koshitappu, Parsa and Suklaphanta WRs;Chitwan, Banke and Bardia NPs).4. Fund raising capacity buildingFund-raising capacity of DNPWC and partnerorganizaons will be developed to sustainlong term financial health through a series ofgrant-wring training workshops.Issue VII: Inadequate research onelephant and free ranging wildlifespeciesStrategy: Develop partnerships with naonaland internaonal researchers and researchorganizaons to promote elephant and freeranging wildlife TB research.Program Ac!vi!es1. Research collaboraonEstablish collaboraons under the OneHealth Nepal iniave to bring the varioushealth sectors together and establish a proofof concept study into the TB ecology in theenvironment of the Terai Naonal Parks andbuffer zone human and animal communies.Collaboraons will be established to developtests that can determine the stage ofdisease; quickly and economically detectshedding; measure blood levels of TB drugsin elephants; confirm cure; and determine23