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• Introduction
  • 1.1. What is the Blueprint for Rabies Prevention and Control?
  • 1.2. Who is it for?
  • 1.3. How does it work and what does it include?
  • 1.4. What is rabies and why is it important to control it?
  • 1.5. Why is it possible to control canine rabies?
  • 1.6. What is involved in a dog rabies control plan?
  • 1.7. Who can I approach for advice?
  • 1.8. What measures are available for controlling dog rabies?
  • 1.9. Can we prevent human rabies through human rabies prophylaxis instead?
• Roles and Responsibilities
  • 2.1. Which agencies should be involved in a dog rabies control programme?
  • 2.2. What are critical responsibilities in a dog rabies control programme and which agencies should play a role?
• Infrastructure, legislative framework, costs and funding
  • 3.1. Infrastructure
    • 3.1.1. What personnel might be available for carrying out dog vaccination campaigns?
    • 3.1.2. What infrastructure is needed for storage of vaccines?
    • 3.1.3. What personnel and infrastructure are needed for rabies surveillance?
    • 3.1.4. What infrastructure is needed for surgical sterilisation?
    • 3.1.5. What medical facilities are available for providing human post-exposure prophylaxis?
    • 3.1.6. How well-trained are personnel?
    • 3.1.7. Which laboratories are available for rabies diagnosis?
    • 3.1.8. What are the minimum requirements for laboratories performing basic rabies diagnosis?
    • 3.1.9. What is the minimum infrastructure for providing human pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis?
    • 3.1.10. What personnel should administer pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis?
    • 3.1.11. Guidance and checklists for national governments
  • 3.2. Legislation
    • 3.2.1. What is the role of legislation in the fight against rabies?
    • 3.2.2. What is the difference between reporting and notification?
    • 3.2.3. Why does rabies need to be a notifiable disease?
    • 3.2.4. Which factors are important in deciding whether a disease is notifiable?
    • 3.2.5. Is/should rabies in humans be a notifiable disease in my country?
    • 3.2.6. Is/should rabies in animals be a notifiable disease in my country?
    • 3.2.7. How do I notify authorities of a rabies case?
    • 3.2.8. Are/should animal-bite injuries be notifiable?
    • 3.2.9. How do I make rabies a notifiable disease in my country?
    • 3.2.10. How is the legislation to support rabies control elaborated and implemented?
    • 3.2.11. What laws and by-laws may be useful in ensuring a successful dog rabies control programme?
    • 3.2.12. What laws and recommendations are available for dog importation?
    • 3.2.13. What laws and recommendations are available for dog identification and registry?
    • 3.2.14. Is dog vaccination compulsory?
    • 3.2.15. What emergency orders might apply in the case of unexpected outbreaks?
  • 3.3. Costs and Funding
    • 3.3.1. How much is a dog vaccination programme going to cost?
    • 3.3.2. What are the costs involved in sterilisation programmes?
    • 3.3.3. What are the costs associated with post-exposure treatment?
    • 3.3.4. To what extent is rabies prevention and control a priority and has secure funding?
    • 3.3.5. What sources of funding might be available for dog rabies control?
    • 3.3.6. What resources are needed to set up a rabies control programme?
    • 3.3.7. How is the budget determined?
• Communications plan
  • 4.1. Importance of an effective communication plan
    • 4.1. Why should I develop an effective communication plan?
  • 4.2. Developing a communication plan
    • 4.2.1. Assessing the science
    • 4.2.2. Defining the purpose of the communication
    • 4.2.3. Identifying and understanding who needs to be involved
    • 4.2.4. Developing messages
    • 4.2.5 Testing messages
    • 4.2.6. Choosing media and channels for messages
    • 4.2.7. Determining the best timing for delivering messages
    • 4.2.8. Launching the campaign
  • 4.3. Evaluating the campaign and its impact
    • 4.3.1. Process evaluation
    • 4.3.2. Outcome evaluation
    • 4.3.3. Measuring the impact: how have the messages changed how people act?
    • 4.3.4. How do I interpret the results of a survey to measure impact?
• Operational activities
  • 5.1. What do we need to know before we start planning a canine rabies control programme?
    • 5.1.1. The epidemiology of rabies
      • 5.1.1.1. What is epidemiology?
      • 5.1.1.2. Why is epidemiological information important?
      • 5.1.1.3. What if we do not have surveillance or epidemiological data?
      • 5.1.1.4. What data can provide the necessary epidemiological information?
      • 5.1.1.5. What other data can be useful?
    • 5.1.2. The reservoir species
      • 5.1.2.1. Which animal species should be targeted?
      • 5.1.2.2. Are there other animals besides dogs that can transmit rabies (e.g. cats, cows, horses, sheep, pigs, goats, wildlife, bats, etc.)?
      • 5.1.2.3. Why is it important to know the relationship between man and dog in your country/area?
      • 5.1.2.4. What kind of dogs are present in the target area/country?
      • 5.1.2.5. What is the total number of dogs in the target area/country?
    • 5.1.3. How rabies is transmitted
      • 5.1.3.1 How is rabies transmitted?
      • 5.1.3.2. What exactly is an exposure to rabies?
      • 5.1.3.3. How long is the incubation period after an exposure occurs?
      • 5.1.3.4. Can rabies be transmitted through food (i.e. by eating milk or meat)?
      • 5.1.3.5. Can rabies be transmitted by feeding street dogs?
      • 5.1.3.6. Can rabies be transmitted while butchering animals?
      • 5.1.3.7. Can I get rabies from a patient that had rabies if I shared food and water with him/her?
  • 5.2. What do we need to buy?
    • 5.2.1. What supplies do dog vaccinating teams need?
    • 5.2.2. What supplies are needed for sterilisation programmes?
    • 5.2.3. What supplies are needed for a clinic administering human pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis?
    • 5.2.4. What basic supplies do rabies surveillance personnel need in the field?
    • 5.2.5. What supplies do we need for laboratory-based rabies diagnosis using the fluorescence antibody test?
    • 5.2.6. What can I do if I do not have a fluorescent microscope in my laboratory?
  • 5.3. Who do we need to train and in what?
    • 5.3.1. Rabies surveillance
    • 5.3.2. Dog component
    • 5.3.3. Human component
    • 5.3.4. Others
  • 5.4. What are we going to do – dog component?
    • 5.4.1. What techniques are available to estimate the number of dogs?
    • 5.4.2. Why is epidemiological surveillance important and what can we do to enhance it?
    • 5.4.3. Are there specific signs in an animal that we can watch to confirm that it is rabid?
    • 5.4.4. How do we dispose of animals that have died of rabies?
    • 5.4.5. What methods and strategies are available for dog vaccination?
    • 5.4.6. How do we plan the vaccination campaign on the ground?
    • 5.4.7. How do we make sure that the community and dog owners know about the vaccination campaign?
    • 5.4.8. Which dogs should be vaccinated?
    • 5.4.9. How often should dogs be vaccinated?
    • 5.4.10. How often should campaigns be conducted?
    • 5.4.11. Should cats be vaccinated?
    • 5.4.12. How many people are needed on an average vaccination day?
    • 5.4.13. How can the level of vaccination coverage achieved be estimated?
    • 5.4.14. Is it important to include dog population management in rabies control programmes?
    • 5.4.15. Should dogs be removed as part of rabies vaccination campaigns?
    • 5.4.16. What dog population management tools are currently recommended?
    • 5.4.17. Our programme has been successful and we have eliminated dog rabies from an area - how do we keep this area rabies-free?
    • 5.4.18. How can we monitor dog movements?
    • 5.4.19. How can we prevent a rabies outbreak?
    • 5.4.20. What do we need to do if rabies is re-introduced into an area after a period of absence?
  • 5.5. What are we going to do – human component?
    • 5.5.1. What is the difference between pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis?
    • 5.5.2. Who should receive pre-exposure prophylaxis?
    • 5.5.3. What do we need to know about products for human rabies prophylaxis?
    • 5.5.4. How do we deal with or prevent exposures?
    • 5.5.5. What do we need to know about regimens, doses and schedules?
    • 5.5.6. Are there any conditions that might affect post-exposure prophylaxis?
    • 5.5.7 How do we ensure that bite victims seek PEP?
    • 5.5.8 End of life care for rabies patients
  • 5.6 Evaluation
    • 5.6.1. How can we find out if the canine rabies control programme has been successful?
    • 5.6.2. Has the programme reached enough dogs?
    • 5.6.3. Has the programme had an impact on dog rabies cases?
    • 5.6.4. Has the programme had an impact on human rabies deaths, bite exposures and demand for human post-exposure treatment?
    • 5.6.5. How well do dogs respond to vaccination?
    • 5.6.6. Self-Assessment of national rabies programmes
  • 5.7. How do we ensure sustainability of the rabies control programme?
    • 5.7.1. How do we ensure sustainability of the rabies control programme?
• The Stepwise Approach towards Rabies Elimination: a tool for planning and evaluation
  • 6.1 Why a tool for stepwise rabies control?
  • 6.2. How to undertake a SARE assessment

• Case studies
  • Rabies education through early childhood intervention
  • A regional expert network: PARACON
  • The use of mobile phone technologies to enhance rabies surveillance
  • Community based surveillance implemented in Haiti
  • The importance of consistent and even vaccination coverage.
  • The Rabies Educator Certificate in action
  • The GARC Education Platform: a unified approach to enhanced public and professional awareness
  • The SARE tool used in country based workshops
  • Interministerial collaborations for Rabies Elimination
  • Strategic Plan for the Elimination of Human Rabies in Kenya
  • A puppet show on rabies prevention
  • Pre-intervention community consultation in Tanzania
  • OIE vaccine bank for rabies
  • Legal arbitration process benefits control in Kisumu, Kenya
  • Successful rabies control in KwaZulu Natal
  • The establishment of community funds to support dog rabies control programmes in Bohol, Philippines
  • An example of house-to-house vaccination
  • An example of a laboratory twinning initiative between Germany and Turkey on rabies diagnostics
  • House-to-house rabies vaccination campaigns using schoolchildren in Istanbul, Turkey
  • An example of central-point vaccination programmes
  • Oral and parenteral rabies vaccination campaigns by veterinary students and staff in urban Kusadasi, Turkey
  • Parenteral rabies dog vaccination campaign by university staff in rural villages of Turkey
  • Oral rabies vaccination of dogs by veterinary students in the rural village of Mindoro, Philippines
  • An example of the use of veterinary students in rabies prevention and control activities in Lusaka, Zambia
  • An example of the use of volunteers in dog vaccination campaigns
  • An example of vaccination by baiting dogs
  • An example of the use of health promoters in dog vaccination campaigns
  • An example of rabies awareness programmes where the Department of Education played an important role and the collaboration with the veterinary services was critical
  • Ministry of Health and rabies education in school curricula
  • An example of the use of community-based strategies in vaccination campaigns
• Documents
  • Ethical considerations in implementation of mass dog vaccination
  • The role of dog population management in rabies control
  • 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
  • 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)

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