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The Role of Waste Management in Control of Rabies: A Neglected Issue.
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- Towards Rabies Elimination in Pakistan: Barriers, Facilitators, and the Role of One Health.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2025Article
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- Research on the Ethology and Diet of the Stray Dog Population in the Areas Bordering the Municipality of Suceava, Romania.Veterinary sciences · 2023Article
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- Dynamic modeling of female neutering interventions for free-roaming dog population management in an urban setting of southeastern Iran.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- United Against Rabies Forum: The One Health Concept at Work.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Despite being vaccine preventable, the global burden of dog rabies remains significant, and historically it is the rural and marginalized communities in developing countries of Africa and Asia that are most threatened by the disease. In recent years, the developing world has been experiencing unprecedented increases in urbanization, with a correspondingly massive increase in municipal solid waste generation, among other things. Inefficient and inadequate waste collection and management, due to lack of resources and planning, led to significant increases in the volumes of waste on the streets and in open dumps, where it serves as food sources for free-roaming dogs. In this commentary, we discuss examples of poor waste management and the likely impact on rabies control efforts through the sustenance of free-roaming dogs in some dog rabies-endemic countries. We aim to stress the importance of implementing strategies that effectively address this particular issue as an important component of humane dog population management, as it relates to aspirations for the control and elimination of dog rabies per se.
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