One Health for Dog-Mediated Rabies Elimination in Asia: A Collection of Local Experiences Slack Vanessa
Although an effective human rabies vaccine has existed since 1885, rabies continues to kill an estimated 59,000 people every year. Sixty percent of these human deaths occur in Asia. The number of…
Specifikacia One Health for Dog-Mediated Rabies Elimination in Asia: A Collection of Local Experiences Slack Vanessa
Although an effective human rabies vaccine has existed since 1885, rabies continues to kill an estimated 59,000 people every year. Sixty percent of these human deaths occur in Asia. The number of animals, especially dogs, who die of rabies is uncalculated. To work towards the global target of eliminating dog-mediated human rabies deaths, the rabies community is applying the One Health approach by jointly focusing on humans and dogs.Written by a multidisciplinary group of scholars and rabies control program specialists, this book is a collection of experiences and observations on the challenges and successes along the path to rabies control and prevention in Asia. The book: - grounds chapters in solid scientific theory, but retains a direct, practice-focused and inspirational approach;provides numerous examples of lessons learned and experience-based knowledge