Working together to make rabies history

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World Rabies Day

• Working together to make rabies history!

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Why is rabies important?

• Rabies is entirely preventable through
  vaccination.
• Rabies kills at least 55,000 people annually, or
  one person every 10 minutes.
• Rabies impacts animal health and welfare.
• Sustained elimination of dog-to-dog transmission
  of rabies has been demonstrated over large
  geographic areas.
• The methodical use of proven techniques can lead
  to global elimination of the major source of
  human rabies.

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World Rabies Day

• WHAT A day of declaration and action wherever
  possible
• WHO International and national human and
  animal health organizations, human and veterinary
  public health professionals, non-governmental
  organizations, World Health Organization
  Collaborating Centers, universities and corporate
  and private partners
• WHERE As many countries as possible
• WHY Raise awareness and enhance prevention and
  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 to
  control and prevent rabies
• To mobilize and coordinate resources toward human
  rabies prevention and animal rabies control

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Participants and Partners to Date

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)
• World Veterinary Association
• World Society for the Protection of Animals
• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
• Pasteur Institute(s)
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• Veterinarians without Borders - Canada
• Kansas State University

• American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
• American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA)
• British Veterinary Association
• Commonwealth Veterinary Association
• American Association of Feline Practitioners
  (AAFP)
• Student American Veterinary Medical Association
  (SAVMA)
• National Association of State Public Health
  Veterinarians (US)
• Numerous Veterinary Associations in Africa and
  South America
• More!

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World Rabies Day 200774 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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World Rabies Day Logo

• WRD logo currently available in many languages
• English
• French
• Spanish
• Portuguese
• German
• Dutch
• Kiswahili
• Turkish
• Hindi
• Vietnamese
• Czech
• Slovak
• 15 more under development

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For More Information

• www.WorldRabiesDay.org