The Road to Dog Rabies Control and Elimination—What Keeps Us from Moving Faster?
Rabies, a vaccine preventable neglected tropical disease, still claims an estimated 35,000–60,000 human lives annually. The international community, with more than 100 endemic countries, has set a global target of 0 human deaths from dog-transmitted rabies by 2030. While it has been proven in severa...
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| author | Anna S. Fahrion Louise H. Taylor Gregorio Torres Thomas Müller Salome Dürr Lea Knopf Katinka de Balogh Louis H. Nel Louis H. Nel Mary Joy Gordoncillo Bernadette Abela-Ridder |
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| description | Rabies, a vaccine preventable neglected tropical disease, still claims an estimated 35,000–60,000 human lives annually. The international community, with more than 100 endemic countries, has set a global target of 0 human deaths from dog-transmitted rabies by 2030. While it has been proven in several countries and regions that elimination of rabies as a public health problem is feasible and tools are available, rabies deaths globally have not yet been prevented effectively. While there has been extensive rabies research, specific areas of implementation for control and elimination have not been sufficiently addressed. This article highlights some of the commonest perceived barriers for countries to implementing rabies control and elimination programs and discusses possible solutions for sociopolitical, organizational, technical, and resource-linked requirements, following the pillars of the global framework for the elimination of dog-mediated human rabies adopted at the global rabies meeting in December 2015. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f74aae25f6904a36814ebe56f5a309d22022-12-21T18:36:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652017-05-01510.3389/fpubh.2017.00103241448The Road to Dog Rabies Control and Elimination—What Keeps Us from Moving Faster?Anna S. Fahrion0Louise H. Taylor1Gregorio Torres2Thomas Müller3Salome Dürr4Lea Knopf5Katinka de Balogh6Louis H. Nel7Louis H. Nel8Mary Joy Gordoncillo9Bernadette Abela-Ridder10Neglected Zoonotic Diseases, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandGlobal Alliance for Rabies Control, Manhattan, KS, USAWorld Organisation for Animal Health, Paris, FranceInstitute of Epidemiology, Friedrich-Löffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald, GermanyVeterinary Public Health Institute, University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandNeglected Zoonotic Diseases, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Bangkok, ThailandGlobal Alliance for Rabies Control, Manhattan, KS, USADepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South AfricaWorld Organisation for Animal Health, Paris, FranceNeglected Zoonotic Diseases, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandRabies, a vaccine preventable neglected tropical disease, still claims an estimated 35,000–60,000 human lives annually. The international community, with more than 100 endemic countries, has set a global target of 0 human deaths from dog-transmitted rabies by 2030. While it has been proven in several countries and regions that elimination of rabies as a public health problem is feasible and tools are available, rabies deaths globally have not yet been prevented effectively. While there has been extensive rabies research, specific areas of implementation for control and elimination have not been sufficiently addressed. This article highlights some of the commonest perceived barriers for countries to implementing rabies control and elimination programs and discusses possible solutions for sociopolitical, organizational, technical, and resource-linked requirements, following the pillars of the global framework for the elimination of dog-mediated human rabies adopted at the global rabies meeting in December 2015.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00103/fullrabiesdog rabiesneglected tropical diseaseszero human deathsglobal frameworkimplementation |
| spellingShingle | Anna S. Fahrion Louise H. Taylor Gregorio Torres Thomas Müller Salome Dürr Lea Knopf Katinka de Balogh Louis H. Nel Louis H. Nel Mary Joy Gordoncillo Bernadette Abela-Ridder The Road to Dog Rabies Control and Elimination—What Keeps Us from Moving Faster? Frontiers in Public Health rabies dog rabies neglected tropical diseases zero human deaths global framework implementation |
| title | The Road to Dog Rabies Control and Elimination—What Keeps Us from Moving Faster? |
| title_full | The Road to Dog Rabies Control and Elimination—What Keeps Us from Moving Faster? |
| title_fullStr | The Road to Dog Rabies Control and Elimination—What Keeps Us from Moving Faster? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Road to Dog Rabies Control and Elimination—What Keeps Us from Moving Faster? |
| title_short | The Road to Dog Rabies Control and Elimination—What Keeps Us from Moving Faster? |
| title_sort | road to dog rabies control and elimination what keeps us from moving faster |
| topic | rabies dog rabies neglected tropical diseases zero human deaths global framework implementation |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00103/full |
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