Oral rabies vaccination of dogs – an old idea on the rise
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Eliminating rabies – United Against Rabies Forum makes an initial assessment
The United Against Rabies Forum that was officially launched last year has now made a first assessment of its strategic partnership to foster a strong, non-competitive effective collaboration by a wide range of partners’ to achieve the goals set out in the global strategic plan to eliminate human rabies deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030.
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South Africa reports two human rabies cases within two months in 2021
The South Africa National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports two human rabies cases of 2021 from KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo Province in February and March 2021, respectively. Sadly, both victims were children 2 and 7 years of age and had a clear history of biting incident with a local dog. In case of the 2-year-old boy, despite a sustained injury on his head while playing with a dog reportedly no rabies PEP was administered, when the child was admitted to hospital. The boy suffered from typical symptoms of rabies and died soon.
New Latin American Rabies Surveillance Sytem (SIRVERA) launched
The United Against Rabies Forum that was officially launched last year has now made a first assessment of its strategic partnership to foster a strong, non-competitive effective collaboration by a wide range of partners’ to achieve the goals set out in the global strategic plan to eliminate human rabies deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030.
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Resurgence of fox rabies in a formerly freed area in Poland
During the recent most meeting of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (PAFF Committee) of the European Commission members were informed by the Polish representatives about the detection of two rabies cases in an area that had been rabies free for more than 16 years. The three rabies cases were found during the past 4 weeks in the voivodeship of Mazowieckie close to the capital of Warsaw and approximately 30 to 40 km west of the 100 km deep common vaccination belt established in member states sharing common borders with non-EU countries to the East to avoid reinfection.
Listen how oral rabies vaccines can play an important role in eliminating death in people from dog bites
The United Against Rabies Forum calls for elimination of human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030.
While tackling the problem at the animal source is considered the ultimate solution, the problems lie in the
details. Varying numbers of stray dogs that play a crucial role in transmission of rabies virus pose a real
challenge to the concept of parenteral mass vaccination of dogs. But there might be a solution. Dr. Ryan
Wallace, a CDC veterinary epidemiologist and rabies expert discussed the use of oral rabies vaccination
in stray dog populations in a podcast.