Participation in mass dog vaccination campaigns in Tanzania: Benefits of community engagement [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 BackgroundCanine rabies causes about 59,000 human deaths each year globally but the disease can be eliminated by sustaining sufficient dog vaccination coverage over several consecutive years. A challenge to achieving high coverage is low participation of
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Estimating the Size of Dog Populations in Tanzania to Inform Rabies Control [PDF]
Veterinary Sciences, 2018 Estimates of dog population sizes are a prerequisite for delivering effective canine rabies control. However, dog population sizes are generally unknown in most rabies-endemic areas.
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Application of the GARC Data Logger-a custom-developed data collection device-to capture and monitor mass dog vaccination campaigns in Namibia. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 Domestic dogs are responsible for 99% of all cases of human rabies and thus, mass dog vaccination has been demonstrated to be the most effective approach towards the elimination of dog-mediated human rabies.
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Barriers to rabies control through mass dog vaccination in rural Uganda: Insights from community perspectives and key informant interviews. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesBackgroundGlobally, rabies claims about 59,000 human lives annually, and 99% of human transmission is by dogs. The disease is entirely preventable through mass dog vaccination. Despite this, only an estimated 10% of dogs in Uganda are vaccinated, and the
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021 Canine rabies causes an estimated 60,000 human deaths per year, but these deaths are preventable through post-exposure prophylaxis of people and vaccination of domestic dogs.
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Delivery of canine rabies vaccination programme in Kutupalong-Balukhali refugee camps, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesBackgroundRabies causes over 60,000 deaths annually, primarily among children, with dog bites responsible for nearly all human cases. Although mass dog vaccination is effective in low-resource settings, structured campaigns have rarely been implemented ...
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Comparing Methods of Assessing Dog Rabies Vaccination Coverage in Rural and Urban Communities in Tanzania [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2017 Rabies can be eliminated by achieving comprehensive coverage of 70% of domestic dogs during annual mass vaccination campaigns. Estimates of vaccination coverage are, therefore, required to evaluate and manage mass dog vaccination programs; however, there
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Development of Dog Vaccination Strategies to Maintain Herd Immunity against Rabies
Viruses, 2022 Human rabies can be prevented through mass dog vaccination campaigns; however, in rabies endemic countries, pulsed central point campaigns do not always achieve the recommended coverage of 70%.
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Tool for Eliminating Dog-Mediated Human Rabies through Mass Dog Vaccination Campaigns [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 The World Health Organization and collaborating agencies have set the goal of eliminating dog-mediated human rabies by 2030. Building on experience with rabies endemic countries, we constructed a user-friendly tool to help public health officials plan ...
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Challenging a paradigm: Staggered versus single-pulse mass dog vaccination strategy for rabies elimination. [PDF]
PLoS Computational BiologyBackgroundFrom smallpox to poliomyelitis, halting contagion transmission through simultaneous mass vaccination is ubiquitous and often perceived as the only possible solution.
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