A mixed methods approach to assess animal vaccination programmes: The case of rabies control in Bamako, Mali

Mosimann, Laura; Traoré, Abdallah; Mauti, Stephanie; Léchenne, Monique; Obrist, Brigit; Véron, René; Hattendorf, Jan; Zinsstag, Jakob

doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.10.007

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“…Various theories have been developed to guide assessments of effectiveness of rabies vaccination campaigns [10,52,53]; an important component of this work is examining the perspectives of dog owners and community members, both qualitatively and quantitatively [53]. This article analyzes unique focus group data, and is the first from our ongoing multi-method studies of factors associated with coverage of and participation in mass canine rabies vaccination campaigns.…”

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Barriers to dog rabies vaccination during an urban rabies outbreak: Qualitative findings from Arequipa, Peru

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BackgroundCanine rabies was reintroduced to the city of Arequipa, Peru in March 2015. The Ministry of Health has conducted a series of mass dog vaccination campaigns to contain the outbreak, but canine rabies virus transmission continues in Arequipa’s complex urban environment, putting the city’s 1 million inhabitants at risk of infection. The proximate driver of canine rabies in Arequipa is low dog vaccination coverage. Our objectives were to qualitatively assess barriers to and facilitators of rabies vaccination during mass campaigns, and to explore strategies to increase participation in future efforts.Methodology/Principal findingsWe conducted 8 focus groups (FG) in urban and peri-urban communities of Mariano Melgar district; each FG included both sexes, and campaign participants and non-participants. All FG were transcribed and then coded independently by two coders. Results were summarized using the Social Ecological Model. At the individual level, participants described not knowing enough about rabies and vaccination campaigns, mistrusting the campaign, and being unable to handle their dogs, particularly in peri-urban vs. urban areas. At the interpersonal level, we detected some social pressure to vaccinate dogs, as well as some disparaging of those who invest time and money in pet dogs. At the organizational level, participants found the campaign information to be insufficient and ill-timed, and campaign locations and personnel inadequate. At the community level, the influence of landscape and topography on accessibility to vaccination points was reported differently between participants from the urban and peri-urban areas. Poor security and impermanent housing materials in the peri-urban areas also drives higher prevalence of guard dog ownership for home protection; these dogs usually roam freely on the streets and are more difficult to handle and bring to the vaccination points.ConclusionsA well-designed communication campaign could improve knowledge about canine rabies. Timely messages on where and when vaccination is occurring could increase dog owners’ perception of their own ability to bring their dogs to the vaccination points and be part of the campaign. Small changes in the implementation of the campaign at the vaccination points could increase the public’s trust and motivation. Location of vaccination points should take into account landscape and community concerns.

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Barriers to dog rabies vaccination during an urban rabies outbreak: Qualitative findings from Arequipa, Peru

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“…In the long term, eliminating the infectious rabies reservoir in dogs will be more cost-effective than perpetual post-or preexposure prophylaxis in humans (27). Dog vaccination campaigns will need to be adapted to local conditions to reach sufficient coverage (28,29), a regional approach similar to the well-coordinated dog rabies control efforts among Latin American countries (1). The recent creation of the Pan African Rabies Control Network (PARACON; paracon.rabiesalliance.…”

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Vaccination of dogs in an African city interrupts rabies transmission and reduces human exposure

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Despite the existence of effective rabies vaccines for dogs, dog-transmitted human rabies persists and has reemerged in Africa. Two consecutive dog vaccination campaigns took place in Chad in 2012 and 2013 (coverage of 71% in both years) in the capital city of N'Djaména, as previously published. We developed a deterministic model of dog-human rabies transmission fitted to weekly incidence data of rabid dogs and exposed human cases in N'Djaména. Our analysis showed that the effective reproductive number, that is, the number of new dogs infected by a rabid dog, fell to below one through November 2014. The modeled incidence of human rabies exposure fell to less than one person per million people per year. A phylodynamic estimation of the effective reproductive number from 29 canine rabies virus genetic sequences of the viral N-protein confirmed the results of the deterministic transmission model, implying that rabies transmission between dogs was interrupted for 9 months. However, new dog rabies cases appeared earlier than the transmission and phylodynamic models predicted. This may have been due to the continuous movement of rabies-exposed dogs into N'Djaména from outside the city. Our results show that canine rabies transmission to humans can be interrupted in an African city with currently available dog rabies vaccines, provided that the vaccination area includes larger adjacent regions, and local communities are informed and engaged.

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“…L'augmentation du nombre de morsures notifiées durant les deux dernières années de l'étude (2012 et 2013) s'expliquerait par une meilleure prise de conscience de la gravité de la maladie qui amènerait les victimes à consulter les services de santé. Ce constat révèle l'importance de l'information et de l'éducation communautaire dans la prévention et le contrôle de la rage (Sambo et al, 2014 ;Mosimann et al, 2017 A la question de savoir qui devait prendre en charge la vaccination antirabique des carnivores domestiques, les propriétaires ont majoritairement répondu qu'elle devait leur incomber (65,9 %) (tableau II).…”

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Epidémiologie de la rage et connaissance, attitudes et pratiques des communautés au Burkina Faso

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La rage est une zoonose endémique dans les pays en développement et compte parmi les pathologies virales les plus virulentes et mortelles. Elle constitue une menace pour la sante publique et animale au Burkina Faso. La présente étude transversale a été conduite pour décrire l’épidémiologie de la rage et les connaissances, attitudes et pratiques (CAP) des populations à Ouagadougou. Elle a consisté en une collecte de données auprès des ménages et des structures techniques impliquées dans la prévention, le contrôle et la surveillance de la rage humaine et animale. L’enquête CAP a été réalisée auprès de 616 ménages. Elle a montré que la majorité des participants avaient entendu parler de la rage humaine (80,7 %) et animale (94,6 %), savaient qu’elle se transmettait essentiellement à la suite de morsure par un chien infecte (94,2 %) et étaient capables de citer correctement au moins deux voies de transmission de la maladie (65,7 %). En revanche, seuls 9,7 % des propriétaires de chiens affirmaient être capables de financer la vaccination antirabique canine annuelle. Les principaux canaux d’information et de communication sur la rage utilises par les participants étaient l’entourage (41,8 %), l’école (33,4 %) et les médias (24,8 %). Quant à l’étude épidémiologique rétrospective, qui s’est appuyée sur les documents disponibles au sein des structures nationales, elle a mis en évidence qu’en moyenne 4172 cas de morsures étaient enregistrées chaque année, que seules 31,7 % des personnes mordues avaient bénéficié d’une prophylaxie postexposition complète et que 68 % des animaux testes étaient positifs au virus rabique. Ces études confirment la présence du risque rabique dans le pays et montrent la nécessite de renforcer l’éducation et l’engagement communautaire ainsi qu’une étroite collaboration entre les secteurs de la santé animale et de la santé humaine pour une gestion intégrée des cas de morsures.

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A mixed methods approach to assess animal vaccination programmes: The case of rabies control in Bamako, Mali

Cited by 26 publications

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Barriers to dog rabies vaccination during an urban rabies outbreak: Qualitative findings from Arequipa, Peru

Barriers to dog rabies vaccination during an urban rabies outbreak: Qualitative findings from Arequipa, Peru

Vaccination of dogs in an African city interrupts rabies transmission and reduces human exposure

Epidémiologie de la rage et connaissance, attitudes et pratiques des communautés au Burkina Faso

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