From Rabies to Readiness: Community Surveillance for One Health

Description

Rabies is one of the clearest, most solvable One Health challenges. It is invariably fatal once symptoms appear, yet entirely preventable. Over 99% of human rabies deaths result from dog bites, and more than 40% of victims are children.

Countries that have made sustained progress towards elimination have done so by strengthening community-level surveillance: enabling rapid reporting of bites, timely referral for post-exposure prophylaxis, strategic dog vaccination and real-time data sharing between human and animal health systems. This community interface is what operationalises One Health in practice.

Participants will discuss how to collaborate to eliminate all human deaths from dog-mediated rabies. Find further information can be found through the link below, and participants can register by emailing iabs@iabs.org.