dc.description.abstract | Livestock production in Africa makes a vital contribution to livelihoods, food security, income
generation and gross national product. With its enormous forage production potential and current
livestock population of more than 191 million cattle, 340 million sheep and goats and 700 million
poultry, Africa has a largely under-recognized and grossly under-exploited potential to sustainably
supply the rising global demand for livestock products. Livestock service delivery personnel, lead
by veterinarians, can play a major role in meeting this demand for increased livestock production
by acquiring updated relevant knowledge and extending that knowledge to livestock producers in
the form of skilled practice and informed technical advice and to policy makers by way of effective
advocacy. To achieve these outputs our current and future generations of veterinarians working in
Africa need to update their “knowledge, skills and personnel qualities” by undertaking an appropriate
form of Continuing Professional Development [CPD]. This need has been recognized by the Kenya
Veterinary Board that requires veterinarians registered to practice in Kenya to undergo formal
CPD programmes / activities measured by a points system. Each KVB registered veterinarian must
accumulate at least 60 CPD points over three years with a minimum of 15 points per year. This
paper describes how the Department of Veterinary Services Kenya, with DFID funding, aims to assist
veterinarians meet KVB requirements by providing accessible, affordable and relevant CPD content
by way of on-line e-learning. | en_US |