Rabies continues to kill despite effective animal & human rabies vaccines Rabies control needs to go beyond human and animal health services
Geneva, September 27, 2016. Rabies – a preventable but fatal disease – for which effective vaccines have existed for over 100 years – still takes the lives of an estimated 60,000 people each year, mostly children in rural Africa and Asia. Evidence suggests that the threat is especially prominent in areas struck by conflict and natural disasters. Experts warned that unless coordination and awareness-raising go beyond the ministries of health and agriculture, too many animals and humans will continue…
