Working together to make rabies history! World Rabies Day
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Working together tomake rabies history!
World Rabies Day
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Why is rabies important?
Rabies is entirely preventablethrough vaccination.
Rabies kills at least 55,000people annually, or one person
every 10 minutes. Rabies impacts animal health
and welfare.
Sustained elimination of dog-to-dog transmission of
rabies has been demonstratedover large geographic areas.
The methodical use of proventechniques can lead to globalelimination of the major
source of human rabies.
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World Rabies Day
WHAT: A day of declaration and actionwherever possible
WHO: International and national human and
animal health organizations, human andveterinary public health professionals,non-governmental organizations,World Health Organization CollaboratingCenters, universities and corporate and
private partnersWHERE: As many countries as possible
WHY: Raise awareness and enhance preventionand control of this neglected disease
WHEN: Annually on September 28th
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Objectives
To raise global awareness about rabies
To promote education in local communities tocontrol and prevent rabies
To mobilize and coordinate resources towardhuman rabies prevention and animal rabiescontrol
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Participants and Partners to Date
Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention
World Health Organization(WHO)
World Organization for
Animal Health (OIE) World Veterinary
Association
World Society for theProtection of Animals
Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO) Pasteur Institute(s)
Canadian Food InspectionAgency
Veterinarians withoutBorders - Canada
Kansas State University
American VeterinaryMedical Association (AVMA)
American Animal HospitalAssociation (AAHA)
British Veterinary Association Commonwealth Veterinary
Association
American Association of FelinePractitioners (AAFP)
Student American VeterinaryMedical Association (SAVMA)
National Association of StatePublic Health Veterinarians(US)
Numerous VeterinaryAssociations in Africa and SouthAmerica
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World Rabies Day 2007
74 Participating Countries
Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain (Kingdom of), Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bolivia,
Bosnia/Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada,
Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana,
Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy,
Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Mali, Mexico, Namibia, Nepal,Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Russia,
Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts, Sudan,
Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom (Scotland),
United States, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia
WRD Bike Race for Rabies. Tanzania, Africa WRD Parade & Celebration. Bicol, Philippines WRD Campaign Flag-off. Hisar, India
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For More Information
www.WorldRabiesDay.org