Rationale and support for a One Health program for canine vaccination as the most cost-effective means of controlling zoonotic rabies in endemic settings

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Rationale and support for a One Health program for canine vaccination as the most cost-effective means of controlling zoonotic rabies in endemic settings

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• Globally, there continue to be avoidable deaths of large numbers of people due to rabies.
• Dog mediated rabies can be eliminated through vaccination.
• Field evidence already exists to support a One Health approach, which is described.
• Mass dog vaccination campaigns are cost-effective and proven to work.