Control of RFV including vaccination of live­stock in Tanzania has being implemented af­ter the onset of disease outbreak, and with­out informed risk-based resource-allocation decisions. To be cost-effective, strategic interventions including pre-emptive vacci­nation of livestock against RVF should be proportional to disease risk. Strengthening disease surveillance and animal identifica­tion, monitoring and traceability system can improve contact tracing during periods of outbreaks.

It is therefore recommended in this policy brief that the government should (i) establish the National RVF control pro­gramme; (ii) conduct a strategic pre-emp­tive vaccination of livestock between July and November by targeting the identified risk areas (northern, central-eastern zones and the eastern-southern parts of Lake Vic­toria zone of the country); (iii) During the same period of time establish sentinel sur­veillance sites in high risk districts to detect any impending epidemic; and (iv) operation­alize the animal identification, monitoring and traceability system to improve contact tracing and monitoring of adherence to live­stock movement by laws.

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