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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

More!

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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