Rabies research in Ethiopia: A systematic review

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationAddis Ababa Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Tennesseeen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liverpoolen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.donorUK Research and Innovationen_US
cg.contributor.donorBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, United Kingdomen_US
cg.contributor.donorSoulsby Foundationen_US
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierLisa Cavalerie: 0000-0001-7187-3800en_US
cg.creator.identifierSiobhan Mor: 0000-0003-0121-2016en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2022.100450en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2352-7714en_US
cg.journalOne Healthen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL DISEASESen_US
cg.subject.ilriRESEARCHen_US
cg.subject.ilriZOONOTIC DISEASESen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen_US
cg.volume15en_US
dc.contributor.authorGelgie, A.E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCavalerie, Lisaen_US
dc.contributor.authorKaba, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAsrat, D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMor, Siobhan M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-06T11:01:00Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-12-06T11:01:00Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/125798en_US
dc.titleRabies research in Ethiopia: A systematic reviewen_US
dcterms.abstractRabies is an important zoonosis in Ethiopia, where lack of research is cited as a constraint to implementation of the national rabies control strategy. We conducted a systematic review of publications and theses on rabies in Ethiopia, to document research gaps and areas of knowledge saturation in relation to geographic and species focus, methods and findings. We also examined funding sources and extent of local researcher participation. After screening titles and abstracts, the full text of 119 publications was included in data extraction. More than 40% of publications involved data collection in one region (Oromia); no publications reported findings from Benishangul-Gumuz, Dire Dawa or Gambella. Dogs and wildlife (especially Canis simensis) were the focus of research in 45% and 24% publications, respectively. Descriptive epidemiology (N = 39 publications), ethno-medicine/−pharmacology (N = 17) and knowledge, attitude, and practice surveys (KAP, N = 15) were amongst the most common study designs, while studies involving economic methods (N = 3) and experimental epidemiology to test interventions (N = 3) were under-represented. Incidence surveys (N = 9) commonly used post-exposure prophylaxis administration in humans as a proxy for exposure without laboratory confirmation of the rabies status of the animal. KAP surveys tended to highlight reasonable levels of knowledge of rabies and poor practices, including overreliance on medicinal plants. International researchers were the first or last (senior) author on 42% and 58% of publications, respectively, most of which were funded by international organizations (45/72 publications reporting funding source). Based on this systematic review, we suggest more applied research is needed to address gaps in laboratory surveillance (including in humans, domestic and wild animals); identify effective ways to overcome socio-cultural and other barriers to accessing effective rabies treatments; inform best approaches to incentivizing mass dog vaccination programs; and generate local estimates of the cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness of different control strategies to improve financing and political buy-in for rabies control in Ethiopia.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGelgie, A.E., Cavalerie, L., Kaba, M., Asrat, D. and Mor, S.M. 2022. Rabies research in Ethiopia: A systematic review. One Health 15: 100450.en_US
dcterms.extent100450en_US
dcterms.issued2022-12en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherElsevieren_US
dcterms.subjectanimal diseasesen_US
dcterms.subjectzoonosesen_US
dcterms.subjectrabiesen_US
dcterms.subjectresearchen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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