Moving towards rabies elimination in Africa and Asia –a ‘One Health’ approach to help animals and humans

Richard Mellanby, Stella Mazeri, Clinical Veterinary Research

Rabies is a devastating disease of both dogs and humans. Globally, 60 000 people a year die from rabies, many of whom are children living in some of the poorest communities in the world. Pioneering work by The University of Edinburgh nearly 20 years ago established how rabies can be prevented in both humans and dogs through vaccination of dogs. However, despite knowing how to eliminate rabies, many animals and humans still die each year from this brutal disease.

Join us to hear about how we have partnered with the Mission Rabies charity to deliver mass canine rabies vaccination programmes in Malawi, India and other rabies ‘hotspots’ across the world, and the challenges this work presents. Hear about our programmes to increase rabies awareness and safety for children and the impact our work is having.