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Oral Vaccination of Dogs in India as a Strategy for Elimination of Rabies: Scope of Implementation

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: India contributes one-third of the global burden of rabies. In 2021, the National Action Plan for Rabies Elimination (NAPRE) was introduced to eliminate dog-mediated human rabies. The major challenges in the path of eliminating dog-mediated rabies are toward achieving the high level of dog vaccination coverage and its sustenance, as well as rigorous tracking of dogs and continuous outreach activities. Oral vaccination of dogs (OVD) is a measure that has been implemented in several countries. For a deeper understanding of the OVD strategy, a systematic search was conducted and free full-text articles related to feasibility of OVD adoption and field trials published in the past ten years were included in the present review. Based on evidence, OVD can be implemented in India along with existing government initiatives as a pilot project in selected hotspots and subsequently expanded to improve vaccination coverage.

Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine

DOI: 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_34_24

Authors: Athira Prathapan, Shibajee Debbarma, H Haripriya, Sanjay Pandey

Institutions: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Rabies epidemiology and control

Subfield: Virology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $80