title: Fighting rabies in Africa: the Africa Rabies Expert Bureau (AfroREB).
abstract: Rabies experts from 14 francophone African countries met in Grand Bassam (Côte d'Ivoire), 10-13 March 2008. They presented the situation in their respective countries, acknowledging the lack of rabies awareness among the population, health care workers and health authorities. They recognized that infrastructure for the management of rabies exposure is scarce, modern vaccines are in limited quantity and immunoglobulins are lacking in most of their countries. They defined as a priority the need to have reliable figures on the disease burden, which is necessary for informed decision making and priority setting, and for applying for aid in controlling the disease. This meeting sealed the establishment of the Africa Rabies Expert Bureau (AfroREB).
authors.affiliation: Dodet Bioscience, 66 cours Charlemagne, 69002 Lyon, France. betty.dodet@dodetbioscience.com
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authors.lastname: Dodet
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mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*