Barriers to dog bite case management and dog rabies vaccination in Soroti district, Uganda
Terence Odoch, Doreen Agado, Salome Dürr, Samuel George Okech, Juliet Kiguli, Clovice Kankya, Dickson Akankwatsa, Sonja Hartnack · 2026
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Terence Odoch and colleagues investigate why rabies control struggles in Soroti district, Uganda, in a 2026 qualitative study. Rabies kills about 59,000 people a year worldwide, mostly after dog bites, yet it is fully preventable with dog vaccination and prompt treatment of bite victims. In Uganda only about one dog in ten is vaccinated.
Between September 2022 and March 2023 the team ran ten focus groups with dog owners and interviewed eight professionals and opinion leaders. Barriers stacked up at every level: victims lacked first aid knowledge and faced high treatment costs, while clinics often ran out of vaccine doses. Roaming dogs were poorly managed, and health and veterinary services communicated badly with each other. Dog vaccination campaigns suffered from weak publicity, uncertain schedules, and poor counts of the dog population. The authors urge district authorities to fix supply, staffing, and communication together.
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| CREATOR | Terence Odoch, Doreen Agado, Salome Dürr, Samuel George Okech, Juliet Kiguli, Clovice Kankya, Dickson Akankwatsa, Sonja Hartnack |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 67 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |