Department of Medicine and Surgery, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Science University, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research, Dhaka, Dhaka District, Bangladesh.
BMJ Open. 2022 Mar 30;12(3):e056024. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056024.
Rabies is one of the priority zoonotic diseases in Bangladesh. Though the rabies cases have been reduced over the years due to the mass dog vaccination programme since 2011 throughout the country, it is still a major health problem in Bangladesh with an annual estimated 200 000 animal bite cases and over 2000 human deaths. This article presented a scoping review protocol for published literature on rabies in Bangladesh and believes to create impact in Bangladesh by identifying the research gap and guiding the evidence-informed policy adaptation from its findings in the future which will strongly underscore the elimination of Rabies and reduce preventable mortalities. We will attempt to synthesise evidence descriptively on burden and impact of rabies in human population as well as the awareness level and effective control and preventive measures from the available studies on rabies from 2010 to 2021 in Bangladesh.
The scoping review is planned following the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology and the major guiding steps are: defining the research questions, determining the eligibility criteria with population, concept and context strategy, stating the plan for evidence searching, selection and data collection, searching for evidence and selection of literature by the inclusion criteria, data collection, descriptive analysis and presentation of the data and reporting of the findings. Search will be conducted for both published and grey literature in English language. Blinded screening processes will be adapted to prevent bias among reviewers.
A scoping review synthesises existing knowledge and does not necessitate ethical approval. Results of this scoping review will be submitted to a journal for publication, presented in relevant conferences and disseminated on social media platforms (eg, Twitter) among the global health stakeholders.
狂犬病是孟加拉国优先关注的人畜共患病之一。尽管自 2011 年以来在全国范围内大规模开展了犬只疫苗接种计划，狂犬病病例数多年来有所减少，但它仍然是孟加拉国的一个主要卫生问题，每年约有 20 万例动物咬伤病例和超过 2000 人死亡。本文提出了一个针对孟加拉国狂犬病文献的范围综述方案，希望通过确定研究空白并从未来的研究结果中指导循证政策调整，为孟加拉国创造影响，这将有力地强调消除狂犬病并减少可预防的死亡。我们将尝试对 2010 年至 2021 年期间孟加拉国的狂犬病在人类人群中的负担和影响、以及对狂犬病的认识水平和有效控制及预防措施进行描述性综合证据分析。
该范围综述计划遵循乔安娜·布里格斯研究所的方法，主要指导步骤包括：定义研究问题、确定具有人口、概念和背景策略的合格标准、陈述证据搜索、选择和数据收集计划、根据纳入标准搜索和选择文献、数据收集、数据描述性分析和呈现以及报告研究结果。将在英语发表和灰色文献中进行搜索。将采用盲法筛选程序以防止评审员之间存在偏见。
范围综述综合了现有知识，不需要伦理批准。本范围综述的结果将提交给期刊发表，在相关会议上展示，并在社交媒体平台（如 Twitter）上在全球卫生利益相关者中传播。
