The Rabies Free Burkina Faso initiative: an example of how one health-oriented civil society organizations can contribute towards the achievement of the rabies zero by 30 goal

One Health Outlook

Short Report

Katinka de Balogh¹  Marina Gracienne Bintou Traoré²  Charles Dieudonné Mandé²  Zacharia Souli²  Mémouna Bidima²  Ramata Diarra²  Hamidou Zangré³  Grissoum Tarnagda⁴  Madi Savadogo⁵  Abdoul Kader Ilboudo⁶  Alima Hadjia Banyala Combari⁷  Laibané Dieudonné Dahourou⁸  Sidwatta Guy Ilboudo⁹  Kongnimissom Apoline Sondo^1,10 

[1] Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department Biomolecular Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands;Rabies Free Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;Rabies Free Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;Direction Générale des Services Vétérinaires, Ministère de l’Agriculture des Ressources Animales et Halieutiques, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;Rabies Free Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;Rabies Free Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals and Health (FARAH), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium;Rabies Free Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;International Livestock Research Institute, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;Rabies Free Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;Institut de l’Environnement et de la Recherche Agricole, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;Rabies Free Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;Institut des Sciences de l’Environnement et du Développement Rural, Université de Dédougou, Dédougou, Burkina Faso;Rabies Free Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;International Livestock Research Institute, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;Rabies Free Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;

关键词: Public Health;    Zoonoses;    One health;    Not-for-profit organization;    Rabies education;    Transdisciplinary;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s42522-023-00086-1

 received in 2023-03-01, accepted in 2023-06-28,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

While technologies, tools and expertise have proven that countries can be made safe from dog-mediated human rabies, the disease remains a major public health threat in Burkina Faso. The paper reports the experience and success stories of Rabies Free Burkina Faso, an initiative established in 2020 as an example of civil society organization that promotes One Health for integrated rabies control in Africa. As recommended in the Global strategic plan, rabies elimination requires a systematic One Health approach, enhancing pre-exposure and postexposure prophylaxis, dog population management, dog vaccination, awareness raising, diagnosis, surveillance, funding as well as policies and regulations. Rabies Free Burkina Faso was established on 28 September 2020 as not-for-profit organization and aims to strengthen the use of a One Health approach as a non-governmental, multidisciplinary initiative dedicated to promoting rabies elimination. Categories of interventions developed by Rabies Free Burkina Faso cover awareness raising, training and One Health capacity building, dog rabies vaccination, seeking vaccines and providing support, including financial resource to communities to ensure that bite victims are appropriately provided with post-exposure prophylaxis, research, community engagement and joint outbreak investigation in collaboration with competent authorities. Reported success stories confirm the relevance of roles that can be played by Rabies Free Burkina Faso supporting animal health and human health authorities in the fields of rabies control and One Health development in the country.

【 授权许可】

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© The Author(s) 2023

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