7 results for "Jonathan Yoder"

Healthcare demand in response to rabies elimination campaigns in Latin America

Jonathan Yoder; Elisabeth Younce; Felix Lankester et al.

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol. 13 No. 9 · 2019 · English · PLOS Scopus

The World Health Organization, the World Organization for Animal Health, and the Food and Agriculture Organization have resolved to eliminate human rabies deaths due to dog bites by 2030, and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) has added human rabies vaccines to their investments for 2021–2025…

The Economic Impact of Malignant Catarrhal Fever on Pastoralist Livelihoods

Felix Lankester; Ahmed Lugelo; Rudovick Kazwala et al.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 10 No. 1 · 2015 · English · PLOS Scopus

This study is the first to partially quantify the potential economic benefits that a vaccine, effective at protecting cattle against malignant catarrhal fever (MCF), could accrue to pastoralists living in East Africa. The benefits would result from the removal of household resource and management…

Correction: The Economic Impact of Malignant Catarrhal Fever on Pastoralist Livelihoods

Felix Lankester; Ahmed Lugelo; Rudovick Kazwala et al.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 14 No. 9 · 2019 · English · PLOS Scopus

“Using the same hand”: The complex local perceptions of integrated one health based interventions in East Africa

Alicia Davis; Jennika Virhia; Catherine Bunga et al.

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol. 16 No. 4 · 2022 · English · PLOS Scopus

Background: Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) such as soil transmitted helminths (STH) and human rabies represent a significant burden to health in East Africa. Control and elimination remains extremely challenging, particularly in remote communities. Novel approaches, such as One Health based…

Linking Human Health and Livestock Health: A “One-Health” Platform for Integrated Analysis of Human Health, Livestock Health, and Economic Welfare in Livestock Dependent Communities

S. M. Thumbi; M. Kariuki Njenga; Thomas L. Marsh et al.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 10 No. 3 · 2015 · English · PLOS Scopus

Background: For most rural households in sub-Saharan Africa, healthy livestock play a key role in averting the burden associated with zoonotic diseases, and in meeting household nutritional and socio-economic needs. However, there is limited understanding of the complex nutritional, socio-economic…

Effectiveness of community-based delivery of mass dog vaccination to prevent rabies: A cluster randomized controlled trial

Felix Lankester; Ahmed Lugelo; Joel Changalucha et al.

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol. 20 No. 9 · 2026 · English · PLOS Scopus

Background: Approximately 60,000 people die from rabies annually, mostly in Africa and Asia. Mass dog vaccination is critical for elimination. Herd immunity has been calculated to be attained when >40% (critical threshold) of dogs are vaccinated. A common delivery method implemented in Tanzania and…

Classification and characterisation of livestock production systems in northern Tanzania

William A. de Glanville; Alicia Davis; Kathryn J. Allan et al.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 15 No. 12 · 2020 · English · PLOS Scopus

Livestock keepers in sub-Saharan Africa face a range of pressures, including climate change, land loss, restrictive policies, and population increase. Widespread adaptation in response can lead to the emergence of new, non-traditional typologies of livestock production. We sought to characterise…