海地的狂犬病运动为140 000只狗接种了疫苗,以防止儿童在被致命咬死后再死亡。
Haiti's rabies campaign vaccinates 140,000 dogs to prevent further deaths after a child's fatal bite.
海地正在对抗狂犬病爆发,8月发起了大规模狗疫苗接种运动,针对四个省份的140 000只狗,实现80%的覆盖率和中断传播。
Haiti is fighting a rabies outbreak with a large-scale dog vaccination campaign launched in August, targeting 140,000 dogs across four departments to achieve 80% coverage and interrupt transmission.
这项工作得到世卫组织和泛美卫生组织的支持,包括培训500多名兽医人员,部署240个流动小组,并使用实时跟踪应用程序。
The effort, backed by WHO and PAHO, includes training over 500 veterinary staff, deploying 240 mobile teams, and using a real-time tracking app.
继一名9岁男孩在被狗咬死后死于狂犬病之后,今年报告的四人死亡中有一部分。
It follows the death of a nine-year-old boy from rabies after a dog bite, part of four reported human deaths this year.
尽管局势持续不稳定,获得保健服务的机会有限,但卫生官员称该运动取得了重大成功,强调通过及时接种疫苗和接触后治疗,狂犬病是可以预防的。
Despite ongoing instability and limited healthcare access, health officials call the campaign a significant success, stressing that rabies is preventable with timely vaccination and post-exposure treatment.