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Human Rabies in the WHO Southeast Asia Region: Forward Steps for Elimination
There are eleven Member States in the WHO southeast Asia region (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste) of which eight are endemic for rabies. More than 1.4 billion people in the Region are at risk...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3178116/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21991437 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/383870 |
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author | Gongal, Gyanendra Wright, Alice E. |
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description | There are eleven Member States in the WHO southeast Asia region (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste) of which eight are endemic for rabies. More than 1.4 billion people in the Region are at risk of rabies infection, and approximately 45% of worldwide rabies deaths occur in Asia. Dog bites account for 96% of human rabies cases. Progress in preventing human rabies through control of the disease in dogs has been slow due to various factors. Innovative control tools and techniques have been developed and standardized in recent years. The introduction of cost-effective intradermal rabies vaccination regimens in Asian countries has increased the availability and affordability of postexposure prophylaxis. Elimination of rabies is not possible without regional and intersectoral cooperation. Considering the importance of consolidating achievements in rabies control in Member countries, the WHO Regional Office for southeast Asia has developed a regional strategy for elimination of human rabies transmitted by dogs in the Region. They have committed to provide technical leadership, to advocate national health authorities to develop major stakeholder consensus for a comprehensive rabies elimination programme, and to implement national strategies for elimination of human rabies. |
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spelling | pubmed-31781162011-10-11 Human Rabies in the WHO Southeast Asia Region: Forward Steps for Elimination Gongal, Gyanendra Wright, Alice E. Adv Prev Med Review Article There are eleven Member States in the WHO southeast Asia region (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste) of which eight are endemic for rabies. More than 1.4 billion people in the Region are at risk of rabies infection, and approximately 45% of worldwide rabies deaths occur in Asia. Dog bites account for 96% of human rabies cases. Progress in preventing human rabies through control of the disease in dogs has been slow due to various factors. Innovative control tools and techniques have been developed and standardized in recent years. The introduction of cost-effective intradermal rabies vaccination regimens in Asian countries has increased the availability and affordability of postexposure prophylaxis. Elimination of rabies is not possible without regional and intersectoral cooperation. Considering the importance of consolidating achievements in rabies control in Member countries, the WHO Regional Office for southeast Asia has developed a regional strategy for elimination of human rabies transmitted by dogs in the Region. They have committed to provide technical leadership, to advocate national health authorities to develop major stakeholder consensus for a comprehensive rabies elimination programme, and to implement national strategies for elimination of human rabies. SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011 2011-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3178116/ /pubmed/21991437 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/383870 Text en Copyright © 2011 G. Gongal and A. E. Wright. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Gongal, Gyanendra Wright, Alice E. Human Rabies in the WHO Southeast Asia Region: Forward Steps for Elimination |
title | Human Rabies in the WHO Southeast Asia Region: Forward Steps for Elimination |
title_full | Human Rabies in the WHO Southeast Asia Region: Forward Steps for Elimination |
title_fullStr | Human Rabies in the WHO Southeast Asia Region: Forward Steps for Elimination |
title_full_unstemmed | Human Rabies in the WHO Southeast Asia Region: Forward Steps for Elimination |
title_short | Human Rabies in the WHO Southeast Asia Region: Forward Steps for Elimination |
title_sort | human rabies in the who southeast asia region: forward steps for elimination |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3178116/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21991437 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/383870 |
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