Rabies: Public health interventions by https://padlet.com/u17016976/r56w5ytuovn6 en-us 2018-04-23 09:58:23 UTC 2025-03-16 11:48:08 UTC hello@padlet.com 2.What level of prevention would you consider it to be? Why/not? u17016976 https://padlet.com/u17016976/r56w5ytuovn6/wish/254306538 The chosen intervention includes both the vaccination of dogs  as well as the education of the vulnerable population of KwaZulu-Natal on the dangers, transmission and the prevention of the spread  of rabies.
The education of the population group on the subject of rabies can be seen as PRIMORDIAL and PRIMARY PREVENTION as it works on a population level and not only on an individual level8. By educating the public on the dangers of rabies as well as the methods of prevention and the importance of reporting new cases the number of rabies cases in the population as a whole can be greatly reduced8. 
The vaccination of the dogs against rabies is seen as PRIMARY INTERVENTION as it works more on an individual level8. By vaccinating the dogs it prevents the spread of rabies from the dogs to the owners of the dogs as the dog can no longer transmit the virus to a individual by biting them. The goal of the intervention is to reduce the size of the host population, by immunising infected and uninfected dogs, which has proven to limit the transmission of rabies between dogs and ultimately from dogs to humans. Thus it protects the individual from contracting the rabies virus.



]]> 2018-04-23 09:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/u17016976/r56w5ytuovn6/wish/254306538 What is the selected intervention? u17016976 https://padlet.com/u17016976/r56w5ytuovn6/wish/254306540 KwaZulu-Natal mass dog rabies vaccination drive and education of vulnerable population10.]]> 2018-04-23 09:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/u17016976/r56w5ytuovn6/wish/254306540 1.What health concern is your selected intervention trying to address/solve? How big is the health concern in South Africa and/or globally? u17016976 https://padlet.com/u17016976/r56w5ytuovn6/wish/254306541 1. Our chosen intervention has been implemented to combat rabies in the human population1. According to the World Health Organization rabies can be defined as a vaccine-preventable viral disease which occurs in more than a 150 countries and territories4.

Annually rabies causes the death of tens of thousands of people ( 59 000 human deaths ) globally, with deaths primarily occurring in Asia and Africa2.  The latest statistics show that 5 rabies cases where reported in KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa since December 201711.



]]> 2018-04-23 09:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/u17016976/r56w5ytuovn6/wish/254306541 3. What is the evidence for causation between your selected intervention and the health concern that it is trying to address/solve? u17016976 https://padlet.com/u17016976/r56w5ytuovn6/wish/254306542 According to the World Health Organization dogs are responsible for 99% of all transmission of rabies to humans4. Although the vaccination drive has only been implemented in the last few months there is significant prove that it will be effective as they had a previous similar intervention that reduced the rabies cases in Kwazulu-Natal to 05.With the previous intervention in which they implemented the same tactics as our chosen intervention they managed to reduce the rabies related deaths in Kwazulu-Natal from more then 9 a year to 0 between the years 2007 and 20145. Based on that evidence of effectiveness we may deduce that this intervention will also be successful if implemented properly.

]]> 2018-04-23 09:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/u17016976/r56w5ytuovn6/wish/254306542 4. What role do you play as a citizen and future doctor in this intervention? How could you support this? u17016976 https://padlet.com/u17016976/r56w5ytuovn6/wish/254306543 It is my duty as a citizen to ensure that my dogs are vaccinated and to alert the people in my neighborhood to vaccinate their dogs as well. In addition, I will also ensure that stray dogs are rescued, preventing possible hosts of rabies from spreading it to other dogs in the community. I must also ensure that my children are vaccinated against rabies at the appropriate age. It is also my responsibility to inform the people in my community, at least my neighbors, about the importance of vaccinating their children.

As a future doctor, being a medical student, I must provide education about rabies and vaccination in communities at risk for a rabies epidemic. I should alert community healthcare workers that I encounter through my studies to have the dogs in the community vaccinated, leaving them with the appropriate information to perform the intervention. I must also educate them to be on the lookout that all children are vaccinated against rabies.


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