Find out more: World Rabies Day events have educated 182 million
people and vaccinated 7.7 million animals worldwide! The mission
of World Rabies Day is to raise awareness about the impact of
human and animal rabies, how easy it is to prevent it, and how
to eliminate the main global sources. Even though the major
impact of rabies occurs in regions of the world where many needs
are present, rabies should no longer be neglected. The tools and
technology for human rabies prevention and dog rabies
elimination are available. Rabies in humans is 100% preventable
through prompt appropriate medical care. Yet, more than 55,000
people, mostly in Africa and Asia, die from rabies every year -
a rate of one person every ten minutes. The most important
global source of rabies in humans is from uncontrolled rabies in
dogs. Children are often at greatest risk from rabies. They are
more likely to be bitten by dogs, and are also more likely to be
severely exposed through multiple bites in high-risk sites on
the body. Severe ex