It is September 28th, which means that it is the 4th annual World Rabies Day!
The Canine Life Support FAR (Fight Against Rabies) Bikeride 2011 was on September 11th and today we are organizing several events in Sri Lanka to raise awareness about rabies.
Two senior Veterinary Surgeons that we are so very lucky to work with, have organized a Canine Life Support rabies awareness programme at a school with 4,500 students, a welfare camp and Canine Life Support is also proud sponsor of a big art competition organized by several PHI’s (Public Health Inspectors) in the area.
We are very excited about today’s programmes and we will update you with photos as soon as possible!
World Rabies Day events have educated 150 million people and vaccinated 4.6 million animals worldwide!
The mission of World Rabies Day is to raise awareness about the impact of human and animal rabies, how easy it is to prevent it, and how to eliminate the main global sources. Even though the major impact of rabies occurs in regions of the world where many needs are present, rabies should no longer be neglected. The tools and technology for human rabies prevention and dog rabies elimination are available.
Rabies in humans is 100% preventable through prompt appropriate medical care. Yet, more than 55,000 people, mostly in Africa and Asia, die from rabies every year – a rate of one person every ten minutes. The most important global source of rabies in humans is from uncontrolled rabies in dogs. Children are often at greatest risk from rabies. They are more likely to be bitten by dogs, and are also more likely to be severely exposed through multiple bites in high-risk sites on the body. Severe exposures make it more difficult to prevent rabies unless access to good medical care is immediately available. This major source of rabies in humans can be eliminated through ensuring adequate animal vaccination and control, educating those at risk, and enhancing access of those bitten to appropriate medical care.
Source: www.worldrabiesday.org
