WHO International Health Regulations

Sections

• ELIMINATE CANINE RABIES
• CASE STUDIES AND DOCUMENTS
  • Case studies
  • Documents
    •  Ethical considerations in implementation of mass dog vaccination
    •  The role of dog population management in rabies control
    •  Canine Rabies Blueprint - Introduction PDF
    •  Canine Rabies Blueprint - Roles and Responsibilities
    •  Canine Rabies Blueprint - Infrastructure PDF
    •  Canine Rabies Blueprint - Legislation PDF
    •  Canine Rabies Blueprint - Costs and funding PDF
    •  Canine Rabies Blueprint - Communications Plan PDF
    •  Canine Rabies Blueprint - What do we need to know? PDF
    •  Canine Rabies Blueprint - Supplies for dog vaccination PDF
    •  Canine Rabies Blueprint - Supplies for dog sterilization PDF
    •  Canine Rabies blueprint - human vaccination supplies PDF
    •  Canine Rabies Blueprint - Supplies for rabies surveillance teams PDF
    •  Canine Rabies Blueprint - Supplies for diagnosis using FAT PDF
    •  Canine Rabies Blueprint - What can I do if I do not have a fluorescent microscope in my laboratory?
    •  Canine Rabies blueprint - Who do we need to train? PDF
    •  Canine Rabies Blueprint - Dog component PDF
    •  Canine Rabies Blueprint - Contingency planning PDF
    •  Canine Rabies Blueprint - Human component PDF
    •  Canine Rabies Blueprint - Evaluation PDF
    •  Canine Rabies Blueprint - Sustainability PDF
    •  Canine Rabies Blueprint - The Stepwise Approach to Planning and Evaluation (SARE)
    •  Guidelines for vaccine storage and administration
    •  Toolkits for influencing policy on rabies control
    •  Caring for Patients with clinical rabies
    •  Basic epidemiological indicators to assess the burden of canine rabies
    •  Studies using rapid immunodiagnostic tests for rabies diagnosis
    •  Evidence of safe and effective vaccination of puppies
    •  Examples of dog ecology surveys
    •  An example of the use of incentives to increase participation in vaccination campaigns
    •   High throughput models for parenteral vaccination
    •  Successful central-point vaccination programmes
    •  Examples of combined sterilization and rabies control programmes.
    •  Capture-mark-recapture methods for estimating vaccination coverage
    •  Investigations of the reasons that people do not vaccinate their dogs
    •  Regional and International rabies databases
    •  Information from the CDC on ante mortem testing
    •  Rabies vaccine-use calculator
    •  GSK Vaccines homepage
    •  Zydus Cadila homepage
    •  Serum Institute of India homepage
    •  Sanofi Pasteur homepage
    •  Communication channels
    •  EU Commission home page
    •  Examples of methods for marking dogs
    •  Field trials with oral vaccination of dogs against rabies
    •  Downloadable resources from the Global Alliance for Rabies Control
    •  Examples of the use of verbal autopsy
    •  An assessment of countries’ progress at the regional level
    •  How to conduct a stakeholder analysis
    •  Examples of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) Studies on Rabies
    •  WHO prequalified vaccines list
    •  WHO Position paper on Rabies Vaccine, 2018
    •  Laboratory biorisk management publications
    •  Checklist of activities for the SARE
    •  WHO Guidance on Transport of Infectious Substances
    •  Zoonotic diseases : a guide to establishing collaboration between animal and human health sectors at the country level
    •  High-Level Technical Meeting to Address Health Risks at the Human-Animal-Ecosystems Interfaces
    •  Developing a stepwise approach for rabies prevention and control
    •  Recommendations of the OIE Global Conference on Rabies Control
    •  OIE Terrestrial Manual
    •  OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code
    •  Support available for veterinary legislation from the OIE
    •  International efforts towards global rabies elimination
    •  SADC Homepage
    •  ASEAN Homepage
    •  FAO Home page
    •  How to conduct a dog ecology survey
    •  Publication on the Blueprint for Rabies Prevention and Control
    •  Studies on the cost and cost-effectiveness of different PEP vaccination strategies
    •  WHO Expert Consultation on Rabies
    •  Studies of the cost-effectiveness of canine vaccination
    •  Comparison of owner charged and free vaccination campaigns
    •  Examples of dog catching and restraining devices
    •  Direct Rapid Immunohistochemical Test standard operating procedure
    •  Studies demonstrating the feasibility of canine rabies elimination
    •  Schematic view, BSL 2 laboratory
    •  Guidelines on human prophylaxis
    •  Information on Guillain-Barré syndrome
    •  Guidelines for the design and management of animal shelters
    •  WSPA advice on chemical castration
    •  Non-surgical methods for reproduction control
    •  SOPs for euthanasia
    •  Guidelines for euthanasia
    •  Guidelines for dog population management
    •  Rabies diagnosis in living dogs
    •  Simple techniques for brain sample collection
    •  Link to resources with basic clinical background on rabies
    •  Studies that have estimated dog population sizes in a range of settings
    •  Guidelines on surveying roaming dog populations
    •  Factors associated with dog ownership, an example from Tanzania
    •  Fluorescent Antibody Test protocols
    •  Example of samples submission form for post-mortem kit
    •  Vaccines recommended for human vaccination
    •  Basic devices for dog sterilisation
    •  Guidelines for restraining dogs
    •  Guidelines for oral vaccination
    •  Animal vaccines recommended by international agencies
    •  Examples of vaccination certificates
    •  Studies quantifying the cost of dog vaccination campaigns
    •  Examples of rabies-related posters
    •  Summary table of what you need to buy for dog vaccination depending on the strategy you decide to adopt
    •  Studies on the risk of exposure to rabies due to slaughtering of rabid dogs and butchering dog meat
    •  Human:dog ratios
    •  Dog categorization matrix
    •  Implementation checklist
    •  Step-by-step planning guide for communicating public health information
    •  World Rabies Day website
    •  Recommendations on dog importation
    •  General guide on how to construct a veterinary legislation
    •  Evaluation of the performance of veterinary services, gap analysis and the OIE international standards
    •  WHO International Health Regulations
    •  Notification obligations of OIE members
    •  OIE World Animal Health Information Database
    •  WHO instrument for the assessment and notification of events that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern
    •  International recommendations for laboratory biosafety and biosecurity
    •  PAHO home page
    •  FAO home page redirect
    •  OIE home page
    •  WHO home page
    •  Some NGOs relevant to rabies control
    •  Prevention of human rabies through human rabies prophylaxis
    •  Immunization coverage required to control dog rabies
    •  International agencies, networks and organisations connected to rabies
    •  The components of a successful canine rabies control programme
    •  Global distribution of canine rabies
    •  Examples of effective canine rabies control through domestic dog vaccination
    •  A study showing that transmission of dog rabies is low worldwide, hence the potential for its global elimination
    •  Successful stories of large scale canine rabies control
    •  Public health and economic burden of rabies
    •  General information about rabies
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