id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-024274-jps1j60a Miranda, Mary Elizabeth G. Rabies Prevention in Asia: Institutionalizing Implementation Capacities 2020-05-05 .txt text/plain 5390 255 36 The focus areas include human rabies prevention through preand postexposure prophylaxis, mass dog vaccination, surveillance and epidemiology, laboratory diagnostic capability, public awareness and risk communication, legislation, dog population management, and establishment and protection of rabies-free zones/areas. Asian countries were urged to develop comprehensive national plans with improved access to modern human vaccines and application of new economical postexposure treatments, better disease diagnosis and surveillance, and processing of data at the national, regional, and global levels, intersectoral collaborative efforts for dog rabies control and plans to expand public and health care worker awareness regarding rabies control and prevention. An example of a successful, sustainable community-based integrated rabies control program is the Bohol Rabies elimination program, implemented as a partnership between the provincial government, the national government line agencies (Health, Agriculture, Education, Interior, and Local Government) and a few nonprofit organizations. ./cache/cord-024274-jps1j60a.txt ./txt/cord-024274-jps1j60a.txt