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World Rabies Day 2024, Theme & Preventive Strategies
World Rabies Day aims to increase awareness about rabies prevention, its effect on human and animal rabies, how we can prevent it quickly, and how to eliminate its sources worldwide.
Rabies is fatal but preventable. It is a vaccine-preventable viral disease prevalent in many countries and dogs are the primary source of human rabies deaths. A rabid animal bite or scratch can cause RABV virus infection, resulting in nerve damage that can be fatal if left untreated! The disease is preventable if the rabies vaccine is given quickly after exposure.
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Get A Second OpinionWorld Rabies Day 2024 Theme
Rabies: a disease we need to eradicate!
- Rabies Elimination Goals: World Rabies Day 2024, on September 28, focuses on "Breaking Rabies Boundaries." The theme encourages overcoming barriers in disease management, fostering cross-sector collaboration, promoting innovation, and increasing public awareness to eliminate rabies by 2030.
- Join the global effort by participating in rabies control programs & events and spreading rabies education within your community.
- This year marks the 18th World Rabies Day, emphasizing the connection between the environment, humans, and animals.
- The event seeks to educate people on how rabies may be eradicated in humans and domestic animals if the proper precautions are taken, for example, taking a rabies vaccine.
- Dogs are the most prevalent animal afflicted by rabies worldwide, accounting for more than 99 percent of human cases.
- World rabies day history: It has been marked every year on September 28 since 2007. This day also marks the death anniversary of Louis Pasteur, a French chemist and microbiologist, and he was the one who introduced the first rabies vaccine.
What is Rabies and What Causes it?
- Rabies is a severe viral infection caused by the RABV virus belonging to the Rhabdovirus family.
- Rabies transmission occurs through an infected animal's saliva when it bites or scratches another individual or animal.
- Because this disease affects the brain and nervous system of the infected person, it must be prevented quickly.
- Rabies symptoms are non-specific in the early stages but eventually affect the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and central nervous systems.
Rabies in Animals & Most Likely to Infect People
Pets and farm animals
- Dogs
- Ferrets
- Cats
- Cows
- Goats
- Horses
Wild animals
- Bats
- Beavers
- Coyotes
- Foxes
- Monkeys
- Raccoons
- Bats
- Beavers
- Coyotes
- Skunks
- Woodchucks
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Book an AppointmentWho and When to Get Rabies Treatment?
The rabies vaccine is developed from the killed rabies virus, which cannot cause the disease. Humans receive the rabies vaccine in two ways. The first is a preventive vaccine (no exposure), and the second is a vaccination after exposure.
Rabies Prevention Strategies with Preventive Vaccination
- Animal handlers, veterinarians, rabies laboratory workers, rabies biologics production employees, and spelunkers are frequently at high risk of rabies exposure. As a result, they must be immunized against the disease.
- Rabies incubation period can range from a few days to several years, typically averaging 1 to 3 months after exposure before symptoms of rabies appear.
- International travelers, who are more likely to come in contact with animals from different parts of the world where rabies is common, should also be vaccinated.
- Rabies Prevention in Children: Ensuring children receive timely rabies vaccinations and educating them on avoiding contact with stray or wild animals are crucial steps in rabies prevention.
- The rabies pre-exposure vaccination consists of three doses administered in the following order:
- Dose 1: As appropriate
- Dose 2: 7 days after Dose 1
- Dose 3: 21 days or 28 days after Dose 1
- Booster doses and periodic testing for immunity are highly recommended for laboratory workers and others regularly exposed to the rabies virus, and booster doses must be administered as needed.
Vaccination After Exposure
- If bitten by an animal or have been exposed to the rabies virus, you should clean the wound and consult the doctor right away. The doctor will determine whether or not you need a rabies vaccination.
- Rabies in Humans: An unvaccinated person exposed to the disease receives four doses of the rabies vaccine. One dose immediately, followed by three more on the third, seventh, and fourteenth days.
- A vaccinated person exposed to the virus receives two doses of the rabies vaccine. One immediately and the other on the third day.
Hence, people at a higher risk of contracting rabies must be given the rabies vaccine to protect them from the illness. It is also critical to vaccinate your pets against rabies and seek medical attention quickly if an animal bites you.
World Rabies Day is a reminder that rabies is a dreadful disease and prevention, along with awareness, can go a long way toward controlling it completely. Spread rabies awareness, put an end to rabies, and save a life!
Frequently Asked Questions
Every year, it is observed to commemorate the accomplishments made in eradicating the terrible disease rabies and to increase public awareness of rabies prevention. The first rabies vaccine was created by French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur, whose death anniversary falls on September 28.
The subject "Breaking Rabies Boundaries" takes center stage as we get ready for World Rabies Day 2024, highlighting the pressing need to overcome barriers impeding our fight against this devastating illness.
You can stay informed about rabies and World Rabies Day activities by following the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) and other public health organizations on social media, visiting their websites, and subscribing to newsletters and updates.
Every year, globally observes worldwide Rabies Day to promote global efforts to eradicate rabies and to increase public knowledge of the disease's hazards and prevention strategies.
World Rabies Day was initiated in 2007 by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) to bring together partners worldwide in the fight against rabies.
Humans and other mammals' central nervous systems are impacted by the virus that causes rabies. When symptoms manifest, the disease is nearly invariably fatal and is usually spread by the bite of an infected animal.
Rabies can be prevented through vaccination of pets and wildlife, avoiding contact with unknown animals, educating communities about rabies risks, and seeking immediate medical attention after potential exposure.
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