Tool for Eliminating Dog-Mediated Human Rabies through Mass Dog Vaccination Campaigns

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 the resources needed to achieve this goal throug...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2017-12, Vol.23 (12), p.2114-2116
Main Authors: Undurraga, Eduardo A, Blanton, Jesse D, Thumbi, S M, Mwatondo, Athman, Muturi, Mathew, Wallace, Ryan M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Animals
Disease Eradication - statistics & numerical data
Dog Diseases - epidemiology
Dog Diseases - immunology
Dog Diseases - prevention & control
Dog Diseases - virology
Dogs
economics
elimination
Humans
Kenya - epidemiology
Mass Vaccination - organization & administration
prevention
Public Health - economics
Public Health - statistics & numerical data
rabies
Rabies - epidemiology
Rabies - immunology
Rabies - prevention & control
Rabies - veterinary
Rabies Vaccines - administration & dosage
Rabies Vaccines - economics
Rabies virus - immunology
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Tool for Eliminating Dog-Mediated Human Rabies through Mass Dog Vaccination Campaigns
vaccination
viruses
World Health Organization
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Summary: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 the resources needed to achieve this goal through mass vaccination of dogs.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2312.171148