Rabies in Debark District

This book basically deals about the knowledge, attitude and practice of the community of Debark district towards rabies. Even if there were reports of death of humans and animals in the study area, no prior studies were undertaken about the prevalence and public awareness towards rabies. For this cross-sectional study, a simple and systematic random sampling procedure was employed to select households. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data through face-to-face interviews among 422 respondents. Generally, the findings indicated that community of Debark district has good knowledge about rabies. However, a need for further awareness creation on the attitude and practice for appropriate prevention and treatment measure. This book should help the Ministry of Health, Federal Ministry of Livestock and fishery resource of Ethiopia to design policies that will fill the gap on attitude and practice of the community and thereby to eradicate this disease from the study area. In addition, researchers, Veterinarians, public health professional and NGO's working on zoonotic disease will get adequate information about the current status of the disease in Debark district.