World Rabies Day 2019 - 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

• WVA AND WMA JOINT PRESS RELEASE ON WORLD RABIES DAY 2019

• World Rabies Day Is September 28th: Spread The Word & Vaccinate Your Pets

• Be aware of the spread of rabies, vaccinate to eliminate Dog-mediated virus 99% fatal, 100% preventable 

Asia (ARACON)

• DepEd, partner agencies to hold conference on rabies education (Philippines)

• Animal charity group to conduct free rabies vaccination drive (Philippines)

• DOH6: Be responsible pet owners (Philippines) 

• UT to hold first national dog seminar in September (India)

• Benguet bolsters anti-rabies programs (Malaysia)

• C.A.R.E. goes BAWAW (Philippines)

• World Rabies Day: Have your pets spayed (Philippines)

• Alappuzha: Stray dog menace on the rise in Alappuzha (India)

• World Rabies Day Sept. 28: Eradicating Rabies in India, One Dog at a Time (India)

• Dog-friendly capital city (India)

• Anti-rabies drives held in Dehradun (India)

• World Rabies Day: Symptoms of rabies and why it’s important to seek immediate help (India)

• World Rabies Day: Taiwan at the Forefront of Rabies Prevention (Taiwan)

• Experts call to eliminate rabies thru mass dog vaccination (Pakistan)

• Hanoi meeting responds to World Rabies Day (Vietnam)

• One-day training programme organised on World Rabies Day (India)

• 140,103 dogs vaccinated, says DG (Malaysia)

• World rabies day observed in Kma (India)

• World Rabies Day: Have your pets spayed (Philippines)

• World Rabies Day (Pakistan)

• World Rabies Day 2019: Date, theme and significance of the day dedicated to zoonotic disease (India)

• World Rabies Day observed at UVAS (Pakistan)

• DepEd eyes rabies education in K to 12 curriculum (Philippines)

• Event marks World Rabies Day (India)

• NIH enhancing production capacity for anti-Rabies serum (Pakistan)

• Bacolod council commends fire volunteer (Philippines)

• PMAS-AAUR observes World Rabies Day (Pakistan)

• Govt, NGO plan to vaccinate one million strays for rabies (Myanmar)

• Kidapawan feted as nation's best in anti-rabies drive (Philippines)

• Stray dogs (Pakistan)

• Myanmar makes efforts in rabies eradication (Myanmar)

• DOH, JICA to launch prevention, treatment model to combat rabies (Philippines)

• Rabies Day Observed At Auditorium of Sibsagar Girls’ College (India)

• 150,000 pet dogs given free anti-rabies vaccination in Sarawak (Malaysia)

• DOH gets P500-million budget for anti-rabies program (Philippines)

• ‘S’wak govt collaborates with counterparts in Indonesia, Brunei and Sabah to contain rabies spread’ (Malaysia) 

• City grapples with stray fear, NMC calls out NGOs (India)

Americas

• Pet Talk | Prevention is the best way to avoid rabies (USA)

• Latin America, Caribbean on cusp of eliminating rabies deaths (Jamaica) 

• ACS seeks entries for rabies awareness poster contest (USA)

• Harrison County Animal Control to hold annual vaccination clinic Sept. 28, officials stress importance (USA)

• Sheriff, Shelter, Health Department Offer Free Vaccines, Microchips (USA)

• Boehringer donates 60,000 rabies vaccines to Puerto Rico (USA)

• Sullivan Co. health officials urge vaccinations after rabies is found in wildlife (USA)

• Napa Humane offering free rabies shots Sept. 27 (USA)

• Gwinnett Animal Shelter Has Pets To Fill Your Heart: Meet Raven (USA)

• Animal health experts host rabies clinic in Sullivan County (USA)

• Animal Wellness Clinic takes part in World Rabies Day (USA)

• What are you doing on World Rabies Day? (USA)

• Flint Hills Community Health Center sheds light on rabies with World Rabies Day approaching (USA)

• World Rabies Day 2019: Vaccinate to eliminate (USA)

• Mind and Body: Rabies infects 60,000 annually (USA)

• Two Rivers Public Health talks about World Rabies Day (USA)

• Low-cost rabies vaccine, microchip clinics pop up in Kitchener (Canada)

• Best Bets (Alaska, USA)

• How New York defeated rabies (USA)

• World Rabies Day: A Local Look at a Worldwide Issue (USA)

• World Rabies Day 2019 (Nunavut, Canada)

Europe and Middle East

• World Rabies Day 28 September 2019 (United Kingdom) 

• Belgian pet owners reminded to be vigilant on international rabies awareness day (Belgium)

• Minister Creed highlights the importance of continued vigilance against rabies on World Rabies Day 2019 (Ireland)

• Dog Chipping Begins for First Time in Montenegro (Montenegro)

Africa (PARACON)

• Germiston SPCA to hold rabies vaccination drive (South Africa)

• Boksburg SPCA needs support to host an outreach programme in Vosloorus (South Africa) 

• Khayelitsha animal clinic offers free vaccinations for World Rabies Day (South Africa)

• Sierra Leone plans mass anti-rabies vaccination campaign (Sierra Leone)

• FAO warns of 100% Rabies Fatalities without Vaccination (Ghana)

• How proper inspection of meat at abattoirs will prevent TB, other diseases, by NVMA (Nigeria)

• Ghana to commemorate World Rabies Day on September 28 (Ghana)

• Delta to immunise 5,000 dogs (Nigeria)

• World Rabies Day: Why it's important to vaccinate your pet (South Africa)

• 2019 World Rabies Day shines a light on the importance of vaccinating your pets (South Africa)

• Rabies Causing 59K Human Deaths (Liberia)

• Swaziland: United Against Rabies in the Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland)

• 1,200 Dogs Vaccinated For Rabies (Ghana)

• Veterinary doctors seek removal of rabies (Nigeria)

• Now to vaccinate against rabies (South Africa)

• Sokoto begins free vaccination against rabies (Nigeria)

• Rabies kills some 1,500 people in Tanzania annually: minister (Tanzania)

• World Rabies Day: Ondo Govt to mark free anti-rabies vaccination (Nigeria)

• Gambia commemorates World Rabies Day (Gambia)

• Litsha dogs get free vaccinations (South Africa)

• Cheetah Conservation provides mobile clinics during World Rabies Day celebrations (Namibia)