One Health for Dog-mediated Rabies Elimination in Asia: A Collection of Local Experiences

By: Ronello Abila and Fiaz Ahmad and Manzoor Ahmad and Genki Arikawa and Naila Baig-Ansari and Suzanne Barber and Omesh Kumar Bharti and Victoria J. Brookes and Eric Brum and Karoon Chanachai and Ashoka Dangolla and Katinka De Balogh and Timothy John Dizon and Kinzang Dukpa and Salome Dürr and Anna S. Fahrion and M. Aftab Gohar and Ma. Ricci Gomez and Gyanendra Gongal and Mary Joy Gordoncillo and Nicole Perreras Grande and Silja Griss and Mangala Gunatilake and Katie Hampson and Michael Hathaway and Elly Hiby and Akitoyo Hotta and Satoshi Inoue and Md Hamidul Islam and Niti B. Jadeja and S. Anzal Jaffari and Wajiha Javed and Ananda Jayasinghe and Chandrika Jayasinghe and Koji Kanda and Chiho Kaneko and Suwicha Kasemsuwan and Pankaj Kc and Rabia M. Khan and Yumi Kirino and Tipsarp Kittisiam and Shintaro Kobayashi and Hirofumi Kugita and Kansuda Leelahapongsathon and M. A. Masud and Qamer Mahmood and Daria Llenaresas Manalo and Mary Elizabeth Miranda and Noel Lee Miranda and Naoaki Misawa and Scott Newman and Yooni Oh and K.A.D.N. Perera and Oswin Perera and Wilaiwan Petsophonsakul and Yoenten Phuentshok and Ruwini M.S. Pimburage and Supalak Prabsriphum and Beatriz Puzon Quiambao and Sreejith Radhakrishnan and Onpawee Sagarasaeranee and Naseem Salahuddin and Luuk Schoonman and David Sutherland and Shynie Telmo and Lesa Thompson and Pasang Tshering and Muhammad Rafi Ullah and Abi Tamim Vanak and Ad Vos and Charlotte Warembourg and Ewaldus Wera and Tikiri Wijayathilaka and Omala Wimalaratne and Vilaiporn Wongphruksasoong and Aya Yajima and Takahiko Yoshida and Kentaro Yoshii and Mirava Yuson

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Synopsis: Although an effective human rabies vaccine has existed since 1885, rabies continues to kill an estimated 59,000 people every year. Sixty per cent 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 programme 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 gained across countries at different levels of rabies elimination; -brings together and highlights the practices of a strong, international rabies network that works according to the One Health concept. Covering perspectives from almost a dozen Asian countries and a wide range of sectors and disciplines, such as healthcare facilities, veterinary services, laboratories, public health institutes, wildlife research centres and academia, this book is an invaluable resource for rabies practitioners and scholars, but also those working in the wider fields of disease control and cross-sectoral One Health.