World Rabies Day 2018-news around the world
World Rabies Day is observed by organisations and individuals in many countries every year, to raise awareness of rabies and the work being done to end this deadly disease. We've gathered a selection of World Rabies Day news from all over the world to show how this complements the awareness being raised by World Rabies Day events.
Global
- The game changing work supporting rabies elimination by 2030
- Bid to eradicate rabies by 2030
- Education is vital to prevent rabies deaths
- WSAVA Highlights Canine Rabies Vaccinations at World Congress Event
Europe
- Ten things you never knew about…rabies (UK)
- Scientific symposium commemorating World Rabies Day & the 10 anniversary of freedom from terrestrial rabies in Germany (Germany)
Americas
- World Rabies Day a reminder to keep pets vaccinated (Canada)
- World rabies day lands on September 28 of each year (Canada)
- Rabies on the wane, says PAHO (Latin America)
- Celebrate World Rabies Day (USA)
- Reminders to keep you and your family safe on World Rabies Day (USA)
- Local vet to travel to Uganda to fight rabies (USA)
- World Rabies Day on Alabama public radio (USA)
- World Rabies Day 2018 Celebrates New Testing Options (USA)
- CDC: World Rabies Day hopes to raise awareness on deadly disease (USA)
- World Rabies Day Highlights Importance of Education in Preventing Rabies (USA)
- Arkansas Department of Health reminds public of rabies danger (USA)
- FIVE THINGS TO KNOW FOR SEPT. 28 (USA)
- Free rabies clinic in honor of World Rabies Day (USA)
- Did you touch a wild bat in Rancho Cordova? If so, county health officials want to talk (USA)
- WORLD RABIES DAY - SEPTEMBER 28 (Jamaica)
- How to protect your dogs and cats from rabies: 7 facts about the disease (USA)
- TCI: The Department of Agriculture Commemorates World Rabies Day 2018 (Bahamas)
- Rabies mostly eradicated in the United States (USA)
- Local vet’s efforts recognized (USA)
Africa (PARACON)
- Uganda: 300 to Get Free Rabies Vaccines (Uganda)
- Boehringer Ingelheim gives support shots for World Rabies Day 2018 (Madagascar)
- Mass drive against rabies (South Africa)
- Rabies awareness campaign heads to streets of Northcliff (South Africa)
- Experts urge study of animal-human disease (Kenya)
- Tanzania to mark 'World Rabies Day' through mass dog vaccination (Tanzania)
- Education is vital to prevent rabies deaths (Malawi)
- Why 2,000 Kenyans die from rabies each year (Kenya)
- Enforce By Laws On Stray Dogs To Prevent Rabies – Vetenary Officer (Ghana)
- World Rabies Day: Association urges pet owners to vaccinate dogs (Nigeria)
- Liberia Observes 2018 World Rabies Day (Liberia)
- Mdzananda Animal Clinic aims to vaccinate 100 dogs for World Rabies Day (South Africa)
- Share information about rabies (Nigeria)
- Dogs Vaccinated in Liberia (Liberia)
- VETERINARIANS TOLD TO FIGHT RABIES (Zambia)
- Organisations And Individuals Urged To Join In Fight Against Rabies (Ghana)
- Rabies: Vets call for mass vaccination campaigns (Uganda)
- 205 Dogs Vaccinated on Int’l Day of Rabies in Margibi (Liberia)
- Rabies, A Silent Killer (Nigeria)
- School declares war on rabies in Malawi (Malawi)
- Preventing rabies remains more important than curing infection (South Africa)
- Gambia registers 567 Rabies victims in 2017 (Gambia)
Middle East, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, North Africa (MERACON)
- World Rabies Day (Georgia)
- A British man dies of rabies after holidaying in Morocco (Morocco)
Asia (ARACON)
- Rabies Free Country – Death Rate Down To Zero By 2030 (Philippines)
- Three Animals Known as Rabies Carrier in Indonesia (Indonesia)
- Vets Beyond Borders shares a vital message on World Rabies Day (Australia-India)
- World Rabies Day On September 28 (Pakistan)
- KMC on waste, new office & free dog vaccination (India)
- World Rabies Day 2018: The Causes, Symptoms and Treatment of This Viral Disease (India)
- World Rabies Day May Not Eliminate Rabies In Pakistan (Pakistan)
- Rabies fight still has a way to go (Thailand)
- World Rabies Day: Awareness must to prevent disease, reduce deaths (Pakistan)
- Rabies-A public health concern (India)
- Rabies resistant vaccine imposed on 150 dogs on World Rabies Day (India)
- Dogs get free services on World Rabies Day (Philippines)
- Focus on community dogs (India)
- Protect yourself and your caring dog (India)
- News Capsule (India)
- Expert says rabies still not under control and official statistics may be misleading (Thailand)
- Rabies-free Philippines in 2030, is it possible? (Philippines)
- Civic body issued 1,852 licences to dog owners in ’18 (India)
- Poor awareness, expensive treatment responsible for 5,000 annual deaths from Rabies (Pakistan)
- Rabies Awareness by Dr Srikant Sharma (India)
- World Rabies Day observed (India)
- Rabies notified as ‘priority zoonotic disease (Pakistan)
- Rabies causes 5000 deaths annually in Pakistan (Pakistan)
- WORLD RABIES DAY – A reminder to ‘Share the message. Save a Life’ (India)
- UVAS management educate masses about the importance of pet vaccinations (Pakistan)
- Rabies-free Philippines by 2020 (Philippines)
- World Rabies Day 2018: The Causes, Symptoms and Treatment of This Viral Disease (India)
- Rabies: The 100% preventable killer (Myanmar)
- PVO holds rabies awareness caravan, forum in Himamaylan (Philippines)
- Seven-day programme on AAU Golden Jubilee Anniversary (India)
- Provincial Veterinary Office stages rabies quiz bee for World Rabies Day (Philippines)
- A rally to educate public on rabies (India)
- Maasin City hits zero target on rabies case (Philippines)
- China makes huge progress in rabies prevention, responsible pet ownership (China)
- World Rabies Day observed at Pasteur Institute (India)
- Awareness of rabies help save lives (Vietnam)
- Capitol joins ‘World Rabies Day’ (Philippines)
- Jakarta gov’t issues canine ID cards for good dogs that get microchipped (Indonesia)
- 330 pets vaccinated in General Trias, Cavite to celebrate World Rabies Day (Philippines)
- Ministries call for support in spreading information of rabies (Vietnam)
- Jakarta’s dogs get microchip identification (Indonesia)
- Island declared as “rabies-free” (Philippines)
- Sustaining the successful anti-rabies campaign (Philippines)
- Vietnam rabies conference reveals objectives, Reports 67 human rabies deaths to date in 2018 (Vietnam)
- Nets, darts and vaccines mobilised to fight rabies (Myanmar)
- AR conducts lecture on rabies at science college (India)
- Nagaland: News in picture (India)
- UK based anti-rabies organisation features activities of Kashmir’s Animal Husbandry Dept (India)