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'[[Image:Logo WRD no YEAR.gif|right|135px|World Rabies Day Logo]] '''World Rabies Day''' is an international awareness campaign coordinated by the [[Global Alliance for Rabies Control]], a non-profit organization with headquarters in the United States.<ref>Global Alliance for Rabies Control Website [https://rabiesalliance.org/about/our-story], accessed July 4, 2017.</ref> It is a United Nations Observance<ref>United Nations Observances Calendar [http://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/index.html#Sep], accessed July 4, 2017.</ref> and has been endorsed by international human and veterinary health organizations such as the [[World Health Organization]],<ref>World Health Organization [http://www.who.int/rabies/WRD_landing_page/en/], accessed July 4, 2017.</ref> the [[Pan American Health Organization]],<ref>Pan American Health Organization [http://www.paho.org/panaftosa/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=509&Itemid=233], accessed July 4, 2017.</ref> the [[World Organisation for Animal Health]] and the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]].<ref>US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [http://www.cdc.gov/worldrabiesday/], accessed July 4, 2017.</ref> World Rabies Day takes place each year on September 28, the anniversary of the death of [[Louis Pasteur]] who, with the collaboration of his colleagues, developed the first efficacious [[rabies vaccine]]. World Rabies Day aims to raise awareness about the impact of [[rabies]] on humans and animals, provide information and advice on how to prevent the disease in at-risk communities, and support advocacy for increased efforts in rabies control.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Balaram|first=D|last2=Taylor|first2=LH|last3=Doyle|first3=KAS|last4=Davidson|first4=E|last5=Nel|first5=LH|date=2016-09-28|title=World Rabies Day – a decade of raising awareness|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40794-016-0035-8|journal=Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines|volume=2|pages=19|doi=10.1186/s40794-016-0035-8|issn=2055-0936|via=}}</ref> == Background == [[Rabies]] remains a significant health problem in many countries of the world. Over 99% of all human deaths are caused by rabid dog bites,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/893682762|title=WHO Expert Consultation on Rabies : second report|others=WHO Expert Consultation on Rabies,|isbn=9789240690943|oclc=893682762}}</ref> with 95% of deaths occurring in Africa and Asia.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hampson|first=K|last2=Coudeville|first2=L|last3=Lembo|first3=T|last4=Sambo|first4=M|last5=Kieffer|first5=A|last6=Attlan|first6=M|last7=Barrat|first7=J|last8=Blanton|first8=JD|last9=Briggs|first9=DJ|date=2015-04-16|title=Estimating the Global Burden of Endemic Canine Rabies|url=http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0003709|journal=PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases|volume=9|issue=4|pages=e0003709|doi=10.1371/journal.pntd.0003709|issn=1935-2735|pmc=PMC4400070|pmid=25881058|via=}}</ref>. With the exception of Antarctica, people and animals on every continent are at risk of contracting rabies.<ref>World Health Organization [http://www.who.int/rabies/en/], accessed July 4, 2017.</ref> One major problem with rabies prevention is a lack of basic life-saving knowledge among people at risk. Organizations working on the issue can often feel isolated, and, as a neglected disease, rabies does not attract sufficient resources, even though the world has the tools and knowledge to prevent rabies and nobody needs to die from this disease, Health awareness days can help to improve policy on diseases<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Purtle|first=J|last2=Roman|first2=LA|date=June 2015|title=Health awareness days: sufficient evidence to support the craze?|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25879148|journal=American Journal of Public Health|volume=105|issue=6|pages=1061–1065|doi=10.2105/AJPH.2015.302621|issn=1541-0048|pmc=PMC4431079|pmid=25879148|via=}}</ref> and increase resources to prevent and control them. This understanding led to the development of an awareness day against rabies. == History == The first World Rabies Day campaign took place in September 2007 as a partnership between the Global Alliance for Rabies Control and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA, with the co-sponsorship of the World Health Organization, the World Organisation for Animal Health and the Pan American Health Organization. In 2009, after three World Rabies Days, the Global Alliance for Rabies Control estimated that rabies prevention and awareness events had taken place in over 100 countries, that nearly 100 million people worldwide had been educated about rabies and that nearly 3 million dogs had been vaccinated during events linked to the campaign.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Costa|first=P|last2=Briggs|first2=DJ|last3=Dedmon|first3=RE|date=August 2010|title=World Rabies Day (September 28, 2010): the continuing effort to ‘make rabies history’|url=http://abm.digitaljournals.org/index.php/abm/article/view/567|journal=Asian Biomedicine|volume=4|pages=671|via=}}</ref> A 2011 review by a network of international government agencies, academics, NGOs and vaccine manufacturers identified World Rabies Day as a useful tool to assist with rabies prevention , targeting at-risk communities, animal health workers, public health practitioners, governments, key opinion leaders and experts.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lembo|first=T|last2=Attlan|first2=M|last3=Bourhy|first3=H|last4=Cleaveland|first4=S|last5=Costa|first5=P|last6=de Balogh|first6=K|last7=Dodet|first7=B|last8=Fooks|first8=AR|last9=Hiby|first9=E|date=2011|title=Renewed Global Partnerships and Redesigned Roadmaps for Rabies Prevention and Control|url=http://www.hindawi.com/journals/vmi/2011/923149/|journal=Veterinary Medicine International|language=en|volume=2011|pages=1–18|doi=10.4061/2011/923149|pmc=PMC3135331|pmid=21776359|via=}}</ref>  In the years following the review, World Rabies Day has also been used by governments and international agencies as a day on which to announce policies, plans and progress on rabies elimination. For example, In 2013, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN, the World Health Organization and the World Organisation for Animal Health first called for the global elimination of canine-mediated rabies in a joint statement released on World Rabies Day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/198087/icode/|title=FAO, OIE and WHO unite for World Rabies Day to call for elimination of disease|last=|first=|date=September 27, 2013|website=FAO|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=July 4, 2017}}</ref>  It has been included in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Rabies Elimination Strategy.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://asean.org/storage/2017/02/ASEAN-Rabies-Elimination-Strategy.pdf|title=ASEAN Rabies Elimination Strategy|last=|first=|publisher=ASEAN Secretariat|year=2016|isbn=978-602-6392-19-0|location=Jakarta|pages=14}}</ref> At the first Pan-African Rabies Control Network meeting in 2015, the 33 African countries represented there recommended consideration of World Rabies Day as an opportunity for rabies advocacy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rabiesalliance.org/news/inaugural-pan-african-rabies-control-network-paracon-meeting|title=Inaugural Pan-African Rabies Control Network (PARACON) meeting|last=|first=|date=July 21, 2015|website=Global Alliance for Rabies Control|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> In the Philippines World Rabies Day has been observed at the national and local government levels since 2007, and is part of its National Rabies Prevention and Control Program.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Medina|first=DJO|last2=Jayme|first2=SI|last3=Amparo|first3=ACB|last4=Cresencio|first4=RO|last5=Lopez|first5=EL|last6=Baquilod|first6=MS|last7=Hernandez|first7=LM|last8=Villalon|first8=EES.|last9=Nel|first9=LH|date=2016-09-28|title=World Rabies Day campaign in the Philippines|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40794-016-0036-7|journal=Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines|volume=2|pages=22|doi=10.1186/s40794-016-0036-7|issn=2055-0936|via=}}</ref> == Organization and philosophy == The World Rabies Day campaign is organized through a system of global partnerships from government to local level, and a worldwide community of volunteers. Over 50 organizations partner in the campaign,<ref>World Rabies Day Website [http://www.worldrabiesday.org/EN/Our_Partners/our_partners.html], accessed November 16, 2010.</ref> supporting and promoting the outreach of educational messages about rabies in person, in print and online. The campaign aims to bring together all relevant partners in an effort to address rabies prevention and control.<ref>British Veterinary Association [http://www.bva.co.uk/newsroom/1590.aspx], accessed November 16, 2010.</ref> Health workers, scientists and personnel in communities at risk of rabies are encouraged to access an education bank of materials through the organization’s website for use in local educational initiatives. As rabies is a disease that crosses borders, especially in wild animal populations, the campaign encourages the transnational collaboration of rabies control and prevention organizations. It also promotes a One Health approach to rabies prevention, part of a worldwide strategy for expanding interdisciplinary collaborations and communications in all aspects of health care for humans and animal health.<ref>One Health Initiative website [http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/about.php], accessed November 16, 2010.</ref> The WRD logo (pictured above) represents the complexity of rabies, which can infect human beings, wildlife and domestic animals. The advocacy work of the World Rabies Day campaign includes promoting government involvement in rabies prevention and control programs, increasing the vaccination coverage of pets and community dogs, and improving the educational awareness of how to prevent rabies in all levels of society. It also promotes the utilization of an integrated model of disease management, the Blueprint for Rabies Prevention.<ref>Partners for Rabies Prevention [http://www.rabiesblueprint.com], accessed November 16, 2010.</ref> The Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO) considers that World Rabies Day plays an important role in advocating the prevention and control of rabies among policy makers, especially in countries where rabies is still neglected.<ref>Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN [http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/home/en/news_archive/AGA_in_action/world_rabies_day_09.html], accessed November 16, 2010.</ref> == Events == Events held to mark World Rabies Day range from symposia on current rabies control methods and public events for raising awareness about good prevention practice, to sponsored walks, runs or bike rides, to free or externally subsidized vaccination clinics for dogs. According to the Global Alliance for Rabies Control, in 2009 over 300 events were held in 105 countries, involving more than 775,000 people.<ref>World Rabies Day Website [http://www.worldrabiesday.org/assets/files/2009-outcomes-web.pdf], accessed November 16, 2010.</ref> == See also == * [[World AIDS Day]] * [[World Cancer Day]] * [[World Hepatitis Day]] * [[World Tuberculosis Day]] == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * [https://rabiesalliance.org/world-rabies-day World Rabies Day – Official Site] * [https://rabiesalliance.org Global Alliance for Rabies Control] * [http://www.cdc.gov/rabies Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Rabies information] * [http://www.who.int/rabies/en/ World Health Organization Rabies information] * [http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_joomlabook&Itemid=259&task=display&id=46 Pan American Health Organization - Rabies information] * [http://www.avma.org/communications/brochures/rabies/rabies_brochure.asp American Veterinary Medical Association - Rabies information] * [http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ws/rabies/index.html US Department of Agriculture - National Rabies Management Program] * [https://rabiesalliance.org/resources/search?type=74 Educational Videos on Rabies] [[Category:September observances]] [[Category:Health awareness days|Rabies]] [[Category:Rabies]] [[Category:Recurring events established in 2007]]'