Skip to main content
. 2021 Dec 2;11(12):e048551. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048551

Table 4.

Mapping research gaps and strengths in Africa

African countries Mapping research gaps and strengths in Africa
Diagnostic capacity Coordinated surveillance Lack of PEP course completion/PEP unavailable Inefficient control Insufficient knowledge and practice on rabies prevention Low dog vaccination coverage (<70%)
Algeria N/A N/A N/A 90 N/A X90
Cameroon 36 36 X36 36 N/A X36
Chad X108 X108 X108 X108 N/A X108
Democratic Republic of Congo X34 40 X34 X34 40 X34 42 N/A X42
Ethiopia X21 33 45 N/A X91 X33 91 101 X101 X33 91 101
Ghana X48 X48 X48 84 X38 48 84 N/A X38 84
Ivory Coast 35 35 X35 X35 N/A X35
Kenya X30 X30 X30 X30 N/A N/A
Madagascar 31 46 86 X46 86 X31 46 X31 46 86 N/A X31 46
Malawi X92 92 92 92 N/A N/A
Mozambique X37 X37 X37 X37 N/A X37
Namibia X43 X43 N/A X43 N/A N/A
Nigeria X93 94 N/A X47 93–95 X47 93–95 N/A X47
Senegal X32 32 X32 X32 32 X32
Tanzania X90 97 89 97 X41 44 89 97 99 X41 44 89 97 99 X44 N/A
Uganda X87 88 102 X87 88 102 X102 X87 88 102 N/A X87 102
South Africa 42 42 X42 96 42 N/A N/A
Zimbabwe 39 39 N/A X39 N/A X39

PEP, post-exposure prophylaxis.