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Improving dog vaccinations: a development and feasibility study to pave the way for effective, synchronized dog vaccination campaigns in Africa
The following grant was awarded by, is supported by, is administered by or is in partnership with the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Funding Fogarty Program
Emerging Global Leader
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Improving dog vaccinations: a development and feasibility study to pave the way for effective, synchronized dog vaccination campaigns in Africa
Principal Institution
Ifakara Health Institute
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Maganga, Sambo Burton
Project Contact Information
Email:
smaganga@ihi.or.tz
Year(s) Awarded
2024-2029
Country
Regional - Sub-Saharan Africa
Project Description
Improving dog vaccinations: a development and feasibility study to pave the way for effective, synchronized dog vaccination campaigns in Africa Despite dog-mediated human rabies can be eliminated through mass dog vaccinations, dog vaccinations have not been scaled-up in Africa, whereby, pilot campaigns conducted through a standard centralized team-led delivery have sometimes failed to achieve the required (70%) level of coverage that is necessary to interrupt rabies transmission. There is a lack of practical and evidence-based methods for scaling-up dog vaccinations to support global target set for elimination of human deaths by 2030, therefore, this study will conduct implementation trial of synchronized mass dog vaccinations supported by mass media, to answer key questions related to the coverage, cost per dog vaccinated, and human health impacts of synchronized vaccination campaigns versus team-led delivery. This study will lay ground for future scale up of mass dog vaccination in East Africa and potentially other settings in sub-Saharan Africa.
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