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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Rabies control in rural Africa: Evaluating strategies for effective domestic dog vaccination
Vaccine, Volume 27, No. 1, Year 2009
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Effective vaccination campaigns need to reach a sufficient percentage of the population to eliminate disease and prevent future outbreaks, which for rabies is predicted to be 70%, at a cost that is economically and logistically sustainable. Domestic dog rabies has been increasing across most of sub-Saharan Africa indicating that dog vaccination programmes to date have been inadequate. We compare the effectiveness of a variety of dog vaccination strategies in terms of their cost and coverage in different community settings in rural Tanzania. Central-point (CP) vaccination was extremely effective in agro-pastoralist communities achieving a high coverage (>80%) at a low cost (
US$5/dog) and inadequate (<20% coverage); combined approaches using CP and either house-to-house vaccination or trained community-based animal health workers were most effective with coverage exceeding 70%, although costs were still high (>US$6 and >US$4/dog, respectively). No single vaccination strategy is likely to be effective in all populations and therefore alternative approaches must be deployed under different settings. CP vaccination is cost-effective and efficient for the majority of dog populations in rural Tanzania and potentially elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa, whereas a combination strategy is necessary in remote pastoralist communities. These results suggest that rabies control is logistically feasible across most of the developing world and that the annual costs of effective vaccination campaigns in Tanzania are likely to be affordable. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kaare, Magai T.
United Kingdom, Roslin
The Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies
Tanzania, Arusha
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute
Lembo, Tiziana
United Kingdom, Roslin
The Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies
Tanzania, Arusha
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute
Hampson, Katie
Tanzania, Arusha
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute
United Kingdom, Sheffield
The University of Sheffield
Eblate, Ernest Ernest
Tanzania, Arusha
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute
Estes, A.
Tanzania, Arusha
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute
Mentzel, Christine
Tanzania, Arusha
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute
Cleaveland, Sarah C.
United Kingdom, Roslin
The Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies
Tanzania, Arusha
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute
Statistics
Citations: 173
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.09.054
ISSN:
0264410X
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Tanzania