Restructuring of Veterinary Services through Consolidation of Private Veterinary Practice and Introduction of New Approaches for Integration of Target Groups in the Middle East

In numerous countries, especially developing countries, the effectiveness of animal health activities is hampered by weakness in the overall organisation of Veterinary Services’ health activities, namely: a) the excessive administrative centralisation that characterises the analysis of health problems, in which the search for solutions depends solely on technicians; b) asymmetric relationship between the official services and the groupings concerned with livestock production, which sometimes leads to social isolation; c) the poor coordination with other sectors and institutions present in the rural areas; d) the low importance accorded to the health role of small scale producers.