| Blog of the Week |
| WHAT IS RABIES? |
| Most people in the United States know rabies as a rare and terrifying disease, ending in almost certain death. However, it’s not usually something they think about, except when the reminder card arrives from their veterinarian that their pet needs its rabies vaccine booster. Even then, they probably are not considering how important that shot is to not only keep their pet safe, but also as a barrier from exposure to rabid wildlife. In addition, that single shot is a critical tool in an international battle to prevent the tens of thousands of human deaths from this disease every year…read blog |
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| Infographic of the Week |
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| Video of the Week |
| RABIES IN TANZANIA(from Global Alliance for Rabies Control) |
| Without intervention, rabies kills. This video tells the story of rabies in Tanzania and the fight to save both people and animals…watch video |
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| Stories of the Week |
| RABIES IN ETHIOPIA AND THE INITIATED ELIMINATION PROJECT IN NORTH GONDAR |
| The human-animal interface is accelerating, expanding, and becoming increasingly more consequential. Over the past three decades, approximately 75 percent of emerging human infectious diseases have been zoonotic. In Ethiopia, rabies is an important disease that has been recognized for many centuries. The incidence of human post exposure prophylaxis and human rabies cases per million population of Ethiopia were 73.6 and 12.6, respectively. In 1998, Ethiopia reported the highest human death rate due to rabies recorded in Africa, at 43 deaths per million people. It is one of the public health concerns which need formulation of an effective intervention strategy…read story |
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| RABIES IS A DISEASE THAT HAS NO BOUNDARIES! |
| As part of an Ethiopian rabies project sponsored by Ohio State University, veterinary student Ally Sterman traveled and interviewed local residents in towns and villages about their general knowledge of this disease. Many had seen rabid dogs, known individuals who were bitten, and even had family members who died from it. “Be warned: these dogs won’t look like what you expect!” This is a comment Ally has heard and said frequently in the past four years…read story |
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| THE EFFECTS OF UNREGULATED TRADE AND CONSUMPTION OF DOG MEAT ON RABIES CONTROL IN SOUTHEAST ASIA |
| Extensive evidence suggests unregulated transport of dogs as a food source can derail rabies control efforts. Studies in Southeast Asia have found approximately 2 out of every 100 dogs intended for consumption are rabid. Through partnerships with the Asia Canine Protection Alliance, CDC, and local governments, a five-year moratorium on the commercial trade in dogs intended for consumption was agreed upon by the governments of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, in recognition of the risk the trade poses to the governments’ significant investment in and commitment to rabies elimination…read story |
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| MOVING HAITI CLOSER TO RABIES CONTROL |
| Jacque was a 40-year-old carpenter who made furniture to support his family of five. They lived in a small two-room house in the mountains. One day Jacque started feeling bad and stayed home from work. He kept getting worse and then couldn't walk so his family called the witch doctor who performed several rituals. The next day he started having seizures and became violently aggressive. His neighbors and family carried him four hours down the mountain to a hospital, on a blanket covered door which he had been carving. The next day he died. It was later discovered that two months earlier, he had been bitten by a dog. We hear stories of people dying from rabies all too often because there is no comprehensive education about rabies or what to do if a dog bites you…read story |
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