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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
The fight against rabies in Africa: From recognition to action
Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique, Volume 103, No. 1, Year 2010
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As a follow-up to the first AfroREB (Africa Rabies Expert Bureau) meeting, held in Grand-Bassam (Côted'Ivoire) in March 2008, African rabies experts of the Afro-REB network met a second time to complete the evaluation of the rabies situation in Africa and define specific action plans. About forty French speaking rabies specialists from Northern, Western and Central Africa and Madagascar met in Dakar (Senegal), from March 16th to 19th, 2009. With the participation of delegates from Tunisia, who joined the AfroREB network this year, 15 French speaking African countries were represented. Experts from the Institut Pasteur in Paris, the Alliance for Rabies Control, and the Southern and Eastern African Rabies Group (SEARG, a network of rabies experts from 19 English speaking Southern and Eastern African countries) were in attendance, to participate in the discussion and share their experiences. AfroREB members documented 146 known human rabies cases in all represented countries combined for 2008, for a total population of 209.3 million, or an incidence of 0.07 cases per 100,000 people. Even admitting that the experts do not have access to all reported cases, this is far from the WHO estimation of 2 rabies deaths per 100,000 people in urban areas and 3.6 per 100,000 in rural Africa. It was unanimously agreed that the priority is to break the vicious cycle of indifference and lack of information which is the main barrier to human rabies prevention. © Société de pathologie exotique et Springer-Verlag France 2010.
Authors & Co-Authors
Dodet, Betty
France
Afroreb
Adjogoua, Edgard Valery
Cote D'ivoire, Abidjan
Institut Pasteur de Cote-d'ivoire
Aguémon, Abdou Rahman
France
Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire
Baba, B. A.
Togo, Lome
Établissements de Soins
Adda, S. Bara
Unknown Affiliation
Boumandouki, P.
Congo
Universitaire de Brazzaville
Bourhy, Hervé
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Brahimi, M.
Algeria, Algiers
Institut Pasteur - Alger
Briggs, Deborah J.
United States, Manhattan
College of Veterinary Medicine
Diallo, Mamadou Korka
Senegal, Dakar
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Diarra, Lasseny
Mali, Bamako
Direction Nationale de la Santé
Diop, Bernard Marcel
Unknown Affiliation
Diop, Sylvie Audrey G.
Unknown Affiliation
Fesriry, B.
Morocco
Centre Antirabique
Gosseye, S.
Central African Republic, Bangui
Institut Pasteur de Bangui
Kharmachi, Habib
Tunisia, Tunis
Institut Pasteur de Tunis
Le Roux, Kevin
Unknown Affiliation
Yandoko, E. Nakoune
South Africa, Pretoria
University of Pretoria
Nel, Louis Hendrik
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Ngome, J. M.
Gabon
Institut D'épidémiologie et de Lutte Contre Les Endémies
Nzengue, E.
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Direction de la Lutte Contre Les Maladies Transmissibles
Ramahefalalao, E. F.
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
Ratsitorahina, Maherisoa
Morocco, Casablanca
Institut Pasteur du Maroc
Rich, Hassan
Unknown Affiliation
Simpore, L.
Cameroon, Yaounde
Centre Pasteur du Cameroun
Soufi, Abderazak
Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou
Chu Yalgado
Téjiokem, Mathurin Cyrille
Algeria, Algiers
Institut Pasteur - Alger
Thiombiano, R.
Cote D'ivoire, Abidjan
Institut National D'hygiène Publique
Tiembré, Issaka
Mali, Bamako
Centre National D'appui à la Lutte Contre la Maladie
Traoré, Abdullaye K.
Togo, Lome
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Tokoin
Watéba, Majesté Ihou
Niger
Centre de Traitement Ambulatoire de Niamey
Yahaye, H.
Tunisia, Tunis
Institut National de Santé Publique
Zaouia, I.
France
Afroreb
Statistics
Citations: 33
Authors: 33
Affiliations: 26
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s13149-009-0034-3
ISSN:
00379085
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Locations
Madagascar
Senegal
Tunisia