Sri Lanka takes action towards a target of zero rabies death by 2020.

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dc.contributor.authorHarischandra, PA Lionel
dc.contributor.authorGunesekera, Amila
dc.contributor.authorJanakan, Navaratnasingam
dc.contributor.authorGongal, Gyanendra
dc.contributor.authorAbela-Ridder, Bernadette
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-26T11:31:09Z
dc.date.available2016-09-26T11:31:09Z
dc.date.issued2016-09
dc.description.abstractRabies is a 100% vaccine-preventable and 100% fatal zoonotic, viral disease. It is usually spread to humans by saliva, through bites or scratches. Dogs are the source of the vast majority of human deaths from rabies. Political will and leadership have been the main drivers for success of the Sri Lankan effort to reduce the burden of disease attributable to rabies. Post-exposure prophylaxis, which is available in government health facilities, at no cost, to all bite patients, has been a main axis of the rabies-elimination strategy. To attain the last mile in rabies elimination in Sri Lanka by 2020, more will need to be done to scale up dog vaccination, enforce responsible dog ownership, strengthen surveillance for animals and humans and conduct mass awareness programmes. Sri Lanka is the first country in the World Health Organization South-East Asia Region to develop a national strategy for elimination of dog-mediated rabies and is a key country in sharing knowledge, expertise and capacity-building in the region, towards a global target of zero rabies deaths by 2030.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health 2016;5(2): 113-116.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/177480
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWHO Regional Office for South-East Asiaen_US
dc.rightsWHO Regional Office for South-East Asiaen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.searo.who.int/publications/journals/seajph/issues/seajph2016v5n2p113.pdfen_US
dc.subjectdog bitesen_US
dc.subjectrabiesen_US
dc.subjectrabies eliminationen_US
dc.subjectSri Lankaen_US
dc.titleSri Lanka takes action towards a target of zero rabies death by 2020.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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