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. 2023 Jul 21;5(1):9.
doi: 10.1186/s42522-023-00086-1.

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

Madi Savadogo  1   2   3 , Laibané Dieudonné Dahourou  4   5 , Abdoul Kader Ilboudo  4   6   7 , Sidwatta Guy Ilboudo  4   7 , Hamidou Zangré  4   8 , Grissoum Tarnagda  4   6 , Zacharia Souli  4 , Alima Hadjia Banyala Combari  4   9 , Ramata Diarra  4 , Mémouna Bidima  4 , Marina Gracienne Bintou Traoré  4 , Charles Dieudonné Mandé  4 , Kongnimissom Apoline Sondo  4   10 , Katinka de Balogh  11
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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

Madi Savadogo et al. One Health Outlook. .

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Not-for-profit organization; One health; Public Health; Rabies education; Transdisciplinary; Zoonoses.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors declare that there are no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Fig. 1
: Organization chart of Rabies Free Burkina Faso
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Fig. 2
Timeline summarizing most important events and steps having characterized the process of creation of Rabies Free Burkina Faso. MoH : Ministry of Health ; MoL : Ministry of Livestock ; MoEW : Ministry of Environment and Wildlife ; WHO : World Health Organization ; WOAH : World Organisation for Animal Health ; FAO : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States
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Fig. 3
Suspected rabid goat sample collection (A) and reading of the performed Fluorescent Antibody Test (B)
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