Artificial intelligence for facial recognition are novel tools currently in development, but little is known on feasibility for dogs in low- and middle income countries (LMICs). This is an urgent knowledge gap, given that microchip technology for dog registration systems in LMICs are not affordable…

Background and rationale: Dog mediated rabies, although entirely preventable, kills every year over 25’000 people in Africa. In the foregoing SNF project 310030_160067 we demonstrated that two consecutive dog mass vaccination campaigns were sufficient to interrupt rabies transmission for more than…

Dog mediated rabies still kills more than 60’000 people every year. This indicates a significant failure of current health systems in developing countries, with very poor access of exposed patients to quality rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). This lack of accessibility is mainly due to…