World Rabies Day 2024
September 28
The slogan of this year's World Rabies Day is: "Breaking Rabies Boundaries".
"Breaking the boundaries of rabies".
The world has vaccines, drugs, tools and technologies to break the cycle of rabies as one of the oldest diseases. Together we can eliminate rabies!
Rabies is a serious health problem in more than 150 countries, mainly in Asia and Africa. It is a viral disease shared between humans and animals that kills tens of thousands of people every year, 40% of whom are children under 15 years of age.
Dog bites and scratches cause 99% of human rabies cases and can be prevented by dog vaccination and bite prevention.
Once the virus infects the central nervous system and clinical symptoms appear, rabies is 100 percent fatal.
Rabies is a serious public health problem in more than 150 countries and regions, mainly in Asia and Africa. It is a tropical viral disease, shared between humans and animals, which kills tens of thousands of people every year, 40% of which are children under 15 years of age.
** Dog bites and scratches cause 99% of human cases of rabies and can be prevented through dog vaccination and bite prevention.
**Once the virus infects the central nervous system and clinical symptoms appear, rabies is 100% fatal. However, deaths from rabies can be prevented by immediate post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) by preventing the virus from reaching the central nervous system. PEP includes thorough washing of the wound, administration of a course of human rabies vaccine, and, if necessary, rabies immunoglobulin (RIG).
** If a person is bitten or scratched by a potentially rabid animal, they should always seek PEP care immediately.
WHO and its global partners aim to end human deaths from rabies through a comprehensive One Health approach: promoting mass vaccination of dogs, ensuring access to PEP, training health workers, surveillance Improved and prevention of dog bites through community awareness.
** In our country, there are also institutions responsible for rabies, such as the Veterinary Organization, the Ministry of Health and Medicine's disease management, etc., which are always working to contain this disease.
On World Rabies Day, learn more about the disease, how to protect yourself, and how you can help end it.
Rabies is a type of viral disease whose virus enters the body through the saliva of a rabid animal and the bite site, and goes to the end nerves in the muscles and starts multiplying. This virus can grow and multiply in humans and other warm-blooded mammals. Unfortunately, it must be said that if a person is infected with the rabies virus, his death is certain within a few days after the first symptoms begin. Fortunately, today, with the progress of science and the development of vaccines for various diseases, rabies can be prevented. If a person is infected with the rabies virus, he should immediately go to the medical center and receive the rabies vaccine. In this case, the possibility of saving from death increases.
