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Research papers, official documents, and articles.
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Research papers, official documents, and articles.
This paper gives a review of the objectives, governance, activities and achievements of the United Against Rabies Forum to date.
Human deaths from rabies are preventable and can be eliminated by applying a systematic One Health approach. COVID-19 has highlighted the value of a One Health approach to zoonotic disease and pandemic prevention. Rabies control programs offer a practical route to building One Health capacities.
Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis saves many lives, but poor availability remains in many rabies-endemic countries. Epidemiological and economic models are used to investigate the effect of an investment in post-exposure prophylaxis by Gavi.
With this report, four organizations have joined forces to reach the goal of ending human deaths from rabies by 2030. The collaboration leverages existing tools and expertise in a coordinated way to empower, engage and enable countries to save human lives from this preventable disease.
Rabies is prevalent and underreported in developing countries leading to insufficient prioritization of rabies prevention in public health agendas. This study compiles available data to estimate the health and economic implications of dog rabies globally.