Comparing vaccination coverage and dog population demographics among four pilot dog rabies vaccination strategies in Uganda
The strategy integrating dog vaccination with human health services outperformed the other strategies by achieving the highest mean vaccination coverage and reaching a constantly high coverage of above 60% for all the three parishes of that strategy. This demonstrates the potential of the human-animal integrated D-H vaccination strategy as an effective approach for rabies control. Sensitization strategies for dog owners also depended in the vaccination strategy performed, i.e., spread of information through health centers for the D-H strategy, which is part of the success of this strategy. The study needs to be taken as a pilot, because of limitations such as different settings between the sub-counties. Further testing across diverse settings can help assess integrated dog vaccination strategies' consistency and scalability, providing valuable insights for developing a One Health model to strengthen future rabies elimination efforts.
Authors
- Sonja Hartnack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5757-5708)
- Salome Dürr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7321-5980)
- Clovice Kankya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6315-1699)
- Arthur Bagonza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2167-7294)
- Terence Odoch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9730-4112)
- Frederic Lohr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7158-3122)
- Adrian Herrera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9234-1694)
- Anna Mary Kahunde
- Andrew Ddungu Kambugu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3075-0211)
- Mohammed Lamorde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2218-6822)
- Monique Léchenne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0370-3978)
- Juliet Kiguli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5892-8632)
- Samuel George Okech (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3670-4160)
- Dickson Akankwatsa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6627-9058)
- Doreen Agado
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (CH)
- University of Basel (CH)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Infectious Diseases Institute (UG)
- Omega Consult (Slovenia) (SI)
- Worldwide Veterinary Service (GB)
- Makerere University (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Veterinary Science
- Published
- 2025-10-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2025.1656563
- Primary Topic
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung