Dog ownership practices and responsibilities for children's health in terms of rabies control and prevention in rural communities in Tanzania.

• Main Authors: Lwitiko Sikana (Author), Tiziana Lembo (Author), Katie Hampson (Author), Kennedy Lushasi (Author), Sally Mtenga (Author), Maganga Sambo (Author), Daniel Wight (Author), Jane Coutts (Author), Katharina Kreppel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Interventions tackling zoonoses require an understanding of healthcare patterns related to both human and animal hosts. The control of dog-mediated rabies is a good example. Despite the availability of effective control measures, 59,000 people die of rabies every year worldwide. In Tanzania, childre...