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    Indicators of national program capability in 2013–2014.

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    <p>Percentage of country respondents (n = 19) in 2013–2014 with national rabies control programs and basic indicators for control programs.</p

    Development of capacities against emerging and endemic zoonoses per country.

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    <p>Seven capacities were assessed for each country. Countries are grouped by sub-region (South America, Central and North America, and the Caribbean). The first bar shows the average capacity development for all countries that responded to the survey (31). Regional averages are also shown for each region to allow comparisons between countries.</p

    Top capacities that require improvement for each of the top five emerging priority zoonoses.

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    <p>The Ministries of Health and Agriculture and combined entities of Latin American and Caribbean countries listed capacities to improve primarily within five categories (control, <i>cont</i>; coordination, <i>coor</i>; diagnosis, <i>diag</i>; education, <i>edu</i>; and surveillance, <i>surv</i>). Responses that fell outside these categories were categorized as <i>other</i>. Percentage represents total respondents received per zoonosis.</p

    Rabies laboratory capacities.

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    <p>Percent of countries that replied positively to the use of various laboratory techniques for rabies diagnosis. Seventeen of 19 countries responded; the two non-responders included one low income and one upper middle income country.</p

    Animal exposures and post-exposure-prophylaxis (PEP).

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    <p>(A) Number of animal exposures and number of human rabies vaccines applied by year, period 1998–2014; (B) Ratio PEP doses to number of exposures; (C) Incidence of exposures per 100,000 population.</p
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