Rabies - World Health Organization (WHO)
Oct 31, 2024 · Rabies is a viral zoonotic disease that causes progressive and fatal inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.
Rabia - World Health Organization (WHO)
La rabia es un grave problema de salud pública que afecta a más de 150 países y territorios, principalmente en Asia y África. Es una virosis zoonótica y tropical desatendida que causa decenas de miles de defunciones al año, el 40% de ellas entre niños menores de 15 años.
Rabies - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jun 5, 2024 · WHO fact sheet on rabies, providing key facts and information on symptoms, diagnosis, transmission, post-exposure prophylaxis, local treatment, prevention, WHO response
Vaccinating against rabies to save lives - World Health …
Sep 27, 2019 · Human rabies is a 100% vaccine-preventable disease, yet it continues to kill. Rabies vaccinations are highly effective, safe and well tolerated. The WHO recommends 2 main immunization strategies for the prevention of human rabies: Post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) which includes extensive and thorough wound washing at the rabies-exposure site, together …
Rabies vaccines: WHO position paper – April 2018
Apr 19, 2018 · This position paper replaces the 2010 WHO position on rabies vaccines. It presents new evidence in the field of rabies and the use of rabies vaccines, focusing on programmatic feasibility, simplification of vaccination schedules and improved cost-effectiveness.
Nuevo Plan estratégico mundial para eliminar la rabia transmitida …
De los 35 países de América Latina, 28 no han notificado ninguna defunción debida a la rabia transmitida por los perros. (4) Se han realizado importantes avances en lo que respecta a la reducción de las muertes causadas por la rabia en países como Bangladesh, Filipinas, Sri Lanka, Sudáfrica, Tanzanía y Viet Nam, por citar algunos.
Zero by 30: the global strategic plan to end human deaths from …
Jun 3, 2018 · The United Against Rabies collaboration leverages existing tools and expertise in a coordinated way to empower, engage and enable countries to save human lives from this preventable disease. The global strategic plan puts countries at the centre with renewed international support to act.
WHO Expert Consultation on Rabies: WHO TRS N°1012
Apr 14, 2018 · Overview . Since the launch of the Global framework to eliminate human rabies transmitted by dogs by 2030 in 2015, WHO has worked with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Organisation for Animal Health, the Global Alliance for Rabies Control and other stakeholders and partners to prepare a global strategic plan.
Rabies - India - World Health Organization (WHO)
Rabies is a vaccine-preventable viral disease which occurs in more than 150 countries and territories. Dogs are the source of the vast majority of human rabies deaths, contributing up to 99% of all rabies transmissions to humans.
Reported number of human rabies deaths - World Health …
The total number of human deaths from rabies per year. Depending on the country's reporting system, this may include laboratory confirmed cases only or laboratory confirmed and clinically diagnosed cases.