Mehdi Rahpeyma1* and Mohammad Sadeq Khosravy2
1WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Rabies, Department of Virology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran; and 2DVM, Researcher, WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Rabies, Department of Virology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
*Correspondence: mmeh10@yahoo.com (Mehdi Rahpeyma, Assistant Professor, Rabies National Reference Laboratories & WHO Collaborative Centers, Department of Virology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran).
Powered by Froala Editor
ABSTRACT
Rabies remains a public health problem since ancient times and kills at least 59,000 annually, almost all transmitted via dog bites. It creates considerable economic impacts on developing countries, primarily in Africa and Asia. The World Health Organization has launched the elimination of rabies, as a global goal in the reduction of human rabies prevalence to zero cases by the end of 2030. Several countries, in Western Europe and North America, have adopted an elimination strategy for controlling rabies and have achieved elimination in the domestic dog population. The goal of elimination of rabies is achievable and would require substantial resources addressing this global health problem on individuals and health authorities, following WHO guidelines on the mass vaccination of dogs as well as increasing public awareness about rabies and its epidemiology.
Keywords: Rabies, Humans, Dogs, Animals, Prevalence, World Health Organization, and Mass vaccination.
Citation: Rahpeyma M., and Khosravy MS. (2023). Ending rabies as an epidemiologic and global public health problem, Eur. J. Med. Health Sci., 5(3), 47-53. https://doi.org/10.34104/ejmhs.023.047053
Powered by Froala Editor
