Rabies management structures and challenges in the North in a One Health framework.

ABSTRACT: Rabies is often described as the quintessential One Health problem, linking especially animal health to human health. I examined how rabies is managed in the circumpolar North through semi-structured interviews of key informants in three cases: Alaska, Northwest Territories, and Svalbard. While rabies is controlled at the territorial or state level in the Northwest Territories and Alaska, respectively, the perception of where authority lies in rabies management is less evident in Norway concerning Svalbard than in the other two cases. Respondents generally characterised the working relationship between sectors and scales of governments as positive. However, coordination remains one of the main challenges to rabies management, with harsh environmental conditions and small remote communities

SUBMITTER: Hueffer K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10878328 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature