Abstract
Haiti has experienced numerous barriers to rabies control over the past decades and is one of the remaining Western Hemisphere countries to report dog-mediated human rabies deaths. We describe the circumstances surrounding a reported human rabies death in 2016 as well as barriers to treatment and surveillance reporting.
Highlights
Haiti has experienced numerous barriers to rabies control over the past decades and is one of the few remaining Western Hemisphere countries to report dog-mediated human rabies deaths
Case Report On January 14, 2016, a woman with behavioral changes and hydrophobia visited a regional hospital in Cap-Haïtien, Nord Department, Haiti
Healthcare workers at the regional hospital made a presumptive diagnosis of rabies but were unable to offer palliative care
Summary
Haiti has experienced numerous barriers to rabies control over the past decades and is one of the few remaining Western Hemisphere countries to report dog-mediated human rabies deaths. Case Report On January 14, 2016, a woman with behavioral changes and hydrophobia visited a regional hospital in Cap-Haïtien, Nord Department, Haiti. Haiti’s Ministry of Health (Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population [MSPP]), with assistance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has developed a robust surveillance system for 44 conditions, 13 of which are immediately reportable, including suspected human rabies.
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