Comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of policies for provisioning rabies post-exposure vaccines
Tanzania's current PEP practice fails to meet the demand for rabies prevention, leading to preventable deaths. Free PEP is a more effective alternative, and implementing IBCM would further strengthen the country's rabies response and accelerate progress toward the target to end human rabies deaths by 2030.
Authors
- Elaine A. Ferguson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X)
- Husna Hoffu
- Athumani Msalale Lupindu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5423-3163)
- Martha M. Luka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6217-4426)
- Felix J. Lankester (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0802-0693)
- Joel Jackson Changalucha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0758-2480)
- Lwitiko Sikana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4212-2455)
- Kennedy Selestin Lushasi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2060-4202)
- Katie Hampson
- Danni Anderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2703-8516)
- Samweli Gwakisa
- Kimera Sharadhuri
- Z. Mtema
- Eleanor Rees
- Jonathan Yoder
- Maganga Sambo
Institutions
- Ifakara Health Institute (TZ)
- Washington State Department of Health (US)
- Center for Global Health (US)
- Glasgow Centre for Population Health (GB)
- Sokoine University of Agriculture (TZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vaccine
- Published
- 2026-01-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.128178
- Primary Topic
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- National Institutes of Health
- Medical Research Council