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Assessment of the awareness of rabies, rabies prophylaxis guidelines and rabies practice among physicians in Sudan: a national cross-sectional study, 2024.
BMC Public Health
March 2025
Faculty of Medicine, Alzaiem Alazhari University, Khartoum North, Sudan.
Background: Rabies is a preventable viral zoonotic disease with a near 100% case fatality rate once clinical symptoms appear. In Sudan, rabies remains a significant public health concern, exacerbated by limited resources and the ongoing armed conflict. Physicians play a critical role in rabies prevention and management, yet their knowledge and adherence to updated clinical guidelines remain poorly understood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnimal rabies in Mozambique: a retrospective study with focus on dog rabies and vaccination coverage.
J S Afr Vet Assoc
December 2024
Veterinary Faculty, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique.
Rabies, a highly preventable zoonotic disease, remains a major public health problem in Mozambique with approximately 50 human fatalities per annum due to dog-mediated rabies. This study analysed animal rabies cases and dog vaccination coverage, confirmed between 2001 and 2021, based on history, clinical signs, and/or diagnostic tests. During this period, 955 animal rabies cases were reported with the highest occurrence in Maputo ( = 283; 29.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImproving awareness of rabies and free-roaming dogs in schools of Guwahati, Assam, India: exploring the educators' perspective.
BMC Public Health
February 2025
Jyoti and Bhupat Mehta School of Health Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), Guwahati, Assam, India.
Background: Rabies poses a significant threat to public health in India, with schoolchildren comprising approximately 40% of mortality due to this zoonotic disease. Despite ongoing interventions in schools to increase awareness about rabies and free-roaming dogs (FRD), the incidence of dog bites and rabies cases among schoolchildren continues to rise. This study addresses the limitations of existing awareness programs by exploring educators' perspectives and proposing innovative, feasible, and cost-effective interventions in schools.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Understanding and Exploration of Community Perception and Response Associated With Monkey Bites in a Rural District of Odisha, India: A Qualitative Study.
Cureus
January 2025
Community Medicine and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, IND.
Background Human-wildlife conflict is a global threat to sustainable development, food security, and conservation. Southeast Asia, including India, faces a major risk, with a very high number of animal bites occurring annually. While several studies have focused on dog bites, the aim of this study is to describe monkey bite cases and understand the associated factors to improve rabies prevention.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDocumenting challenges in achieving rabies elimination by 2030 in low-middle income countries; a Kenyan case study from Lamu County, 2020-2022: mixed methods approach.
One Health Outlook
February 2025
Division of Global Health Protection, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya.
Background: Kenya launched a Rabies Elimination Strategy in 2014, aiming to end human rabies deaths by 2030. In March 2022, Lamu County reported increased cases of human dog bites and suspected rabies deaths to the Ministry of Health (MoH). We aimed to establish the extent of the rabies outbreak in humans and animals and determine the challenges to achieving rabies elimination by 2030.
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