One health for dog-mediated rabies elimination in Asia: a collection of local experiences.

Description

This book contains 20 chapters that discuss the global dog and human rabies control efforts from ancient times to 2030 and beyond; FAO, WOAH and WHO working together in the Asia-Pacific region to eliminate dog-mediated human rabies by 2030; emerging opportunities for enhanced regional One Health approach in the prevention, control and elimination of rabies and other zoonoses in South-East Asia; One Health approach to control canine rabies in Thailand; The role of the "World Café" for strengthening rabies prevention with the government-academia collaboration in Japan; functions and challenges experienced in the delivery of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis at animal bite treatment centres in the Philippines; the "pooling strategy" in Himachal Pradesh, India, as an innovation for rabies post-exposure prophylaxis during crisis of shortage of life-saving biologicals; investigation of rabies control in free-roaming dogs in Bangladesh using a mathematical modelling approach; rabies in the greater Manila area and Region IV-B of the Philippines and the potential impact of age-targeted dog vaccination; oral vaccination of dogs as a complementary tool for canine rabies control in Thailand; immunogenicity following dog rabies vaccination in Sri Lanka; the role of dog ecology in canine rabies prevention and control in Indonesia and Oceania; ecology of dogs in Sri Lanka and transmission of rabies among dogs and wildlife; the humane management of dog populations and the contribution to rabies elimination; One Health mass dog vaccination and animal birth control in Karachi, Pakistan; the role of rabies ecologies and pet activism in China; comparison of the different brain collection techniques and evaluation of mixed brain tissues as a specimen for rabies diagnosis; high-throughput techniques to understand evolution and transmission trends of rabies virus in Asian countries; maintenance of rabies-free status in Japan for 65 years and application of lessons learned to other countries working towards zero human deaths and conclusions and recommendations.