Publications by authors named "Olimpia Chuquista-Alcarraz"
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- * To overcome these challenges, a team in Arequipa, Peru, utilized human-centered design (HCD) principles to create a safe and effective dog vaccination strategy while ensuring social distancing and minimizing virus spread.
- * Through iterative prototyping and testing, the team developed safe vaccination booths and protocols, ultimately vaccinating 17,876 dogs across 251 sites, demonstrating the need for innovative solutions during public health crises.
Lima, Peru, has not had a case of canine rabies since 1999. However, Lima remains at risk of rabies reintroduction due to the free movement of dogs from nearby rabies-endemic areas. In Latin America, rabies vaccination campaigns must reach 80% of dogs to halt transmission, but estimates of vaccine coverage are often unavailable, unreliable, or inaccurate.
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