What is World Rabies Day?
World Rabies Day brings healthcare experts together on September 28th to raise concerns about rabies. They also find ways to prevent and monitor this deadly disease.
This day, the United States and many other nations around the world observe this day. Even though rabies is 100% preventable, people around the world die from it. More than 59,000 people die from rabies each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Over 99% of these deaths are caused by Rabid domestic dogs.. Around 95% of all rabies infections occur in Asia and Africa.
Rabies is a common viral disease of dogs and other mammals. The virus is extremely infectious in humans since rabies spreads by an animal's saliva to humans. Except Antarctica, Rabies occurs on every continent except Antarctica. For rabies prevention, education is vital.
The World Health Organization (WHO) collaborates with partners around the world to promote rabies prevention. (WHO) Parts of the program include information about animal bites and animal behavior.. They also teach that washing the wound after being bitten is also vital for survival..
Louis Pasteur and his colleagues developed a rabies vaccination in 1885. Rabies were unlikely to occur in dogs due to the vaccination. In addition,, it stopped people from getting rabies after being bitten.
