Evaluation of Public Health Veterinary Services' Availability for Rabies in Namibia (2010-2020) | Chapter 9 | Disease and Health: Research Developments Vol. 8

Background: Rabies is a neglected zoonotic viral disease that occurs worldwide except in Antarctica. It spreads to humans through the saliva of infected animals. The virus is usually transmitted through bite, which is the common cause of rabies worldwide. Rabies is endemic throughout the world and they mostly affect poor and vulnerable populations who live in remote areas. Death is rarely reported and human vaccines and immunoglobulins exist for rabies, however, they are not accessible to needy people. About 60,000 people die per year mostly in Africa. Domestic animals especially dogs are responsible for the transmission of the virus through bites, scratches or saliva. Clinical symptoms may include unexplained tingling, fever, headache, and confusion. As the virus spreads to the central nervous system fatal inflammation of the spinal cord and brain develops.

 

Aim: The aim of the study is to review the availability of Public Health Veterinary Services for Rabies prevention in Namibia.

 

Methods: A scoping review was conducted, and data were collected from five databases namely PubMed Central, Biomedical Central, HINARI, Google Scholar and EBS Cohost. The articles published between 2010 and 2020 were only included, and a total of ten articles met the study's objectives.

 

Results: The studies conducted revealed that more effort was put into delivering vaccines to the communities, and the educational campaigns were done accordingly. Although educational programs were provided and other public health services it was discovered that 74% of dog owners expressed their knowledge and 24% had never heard about rabies and had never taken their dogs for vaccine. Most of the public health services are available, especially the vaccine and campaign, people are ignorant and fewer of them do not understand.

 

Conclusion: Vaccine is the most effective way of eliminating rabies. Educational programs and campaigns are mostly done when they start doing outreach points for vaccines. Countries like Ghana indicated that health promotion and campaigns were the main targets in the years 2015-2017 in order to fight against the rabies virus. Local vaccination campaigns should make an effort to eliminate the spread of rabies between dogs and humans, dog to dog. Awareness campaigns and educational programs should focus more on providing the right and updated information in order to reduce the spread of rabies in humans and dogs. In view of the Public Health importance of rabies, the government, NGOs and community people need to put more effort into the prevention and controlling rabies by making sure dogs are vaccinated against rabies, and dog owners are given all the information on rabies so that they can help meet the government halfway on fighting rabies.

 

Author (s) Details

Efraim LN
School of Public Health, University of Namibia, Namibia.

 

Sheehama J
School of Medicine, University of Namibia, Namibia.

 

Haufiku D
School of Nursing and Public Health, University of Namibia, Namibia.

 

 

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Availability Evaluation of Microprocessor Relay Protection | Chapter 01 | Recent Recent Advances in Mathematical Research and Computer Science Vol. 9

 This paper provides a quantitative assessment effort of availability indicators for the specific microprocessor structure of the relay protection system by analogy with an assessment of similar digital systems in other sectors. The reliability indicators of the original backup structure for a certain digital protection system were analysed in the supplied study, at which its hardware was assessed without taking software reliability into account. The models of system components' reliability are offered. The calculating sequence is depicted. The calculation results provide an optimistic assessment of such protection creation and show the impact of the number of autonomous protection blocks reserved by the central protection and recovery time on system availability.

Author(S) Details

Michael Uspensky
Komi SC UB RAS, Syktyvkar, Russian Federation.

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Availability and Utilization of ICT Facilities for Enhancing University Campus Security in South-South, Nigeria: A Recent Study | Chapter 13 | Recent Recent Advances in Mathematical Research and Computer Science Vol. 8

 This study looked on the availability and use of ICT facilities for the goal of improving university campus security in Nigeria's south-central region. The study was led by two research objectives, and one null hypothesis was tested at the.05 level of significance. The study used a descriptive survey research design. A total of 1,520 security professionals from 12 government-owned universities in South-South Nigeria were included in the study. 456 security officers were sampled using the proportional stratified sampling technique. The information was gathered using a "Checklist on Availability of ICT Facilities for Enhancing University Campus Security (CAICTFEUCS)" and a five-point grading scale questionnaire called "Utilization of ICT Facilities for Enhancing University Campus Security (UICTFEUCS)." The instruments were independently evaluated by three experts. The Cronbach Alpha technique was used to determine the instrument's dependability, and reliability values of.75 and.78 were found for the two devices, with an overall reliability coefficient of.77. 433 copies, or roughly 96 percent, of the 456 copies of the instrument given to the respondents were successfully retrieved and used for data analysis. Data for research question 1 was analysed using frequency counts and percentages, whereas data for research question 2 was analysed using mean and standard deviation. The null hypothesis was tested using the Z-test statistic at the.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that ICT facilities are insufficiently available in South-South Nigeria to improve university campus security. In South-South Nigeria, the survey also discovered that there is no significant difference in the mean ratings of respondents from federal and state institutions on the extent to which ICT facilities are used by university campus security officers. According to the study, the availability and use of ICT facilities for improving university campus security in South-South Nigeria was insufficient to tackle security concerns in the university system. The Nigerian government and university officials should train campus security staff on how to use current ICT capabilities, according to the results and conclusions. This is to ensure that they are adequately qualified and prepared to use ICT facilities to combat a variety of campus-related crimes, thereby safeguarding the lives and property of the university community.

Author(S) Details

Shobowale, Temitope Rukayat
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.

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Study on Security and Privacy in Healthcare Data Mining | Chapter 10 | Issues and Development in Health Research Vol. 6

 Reviewing the fundamentals, components, and principles of healthcare information used to mine data, as well as applicable laws and regulations, to manage the privacy and security of healthcare information used to mine data. A literature analysis on technological concerns in privacy assurance is also included, as well as a case study highlighting some potential difficulties in data mining of personally identifiable information. Data mining, in particular when it collects data from many sources, presents unique challenges. This study included privacy and security best practises guidelines for medical data miners.

Author(S) Details

E. Kesavulu Reddy
Department of Computer Science College of Commerce Management & Computer Science S.V.University, Tirupati-517502 India.

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