♦ 06 November 2015 ♦

[Relayed from the GARC website]

A new campaign is calling for an end to human deaths from dog-transmitted rabies by 2030. The End Rabies Now campaign urges the international community to step up efforts to eliminate human deaths due to canine-mediated rabies around the world in just 15 years’ time. End Rabies Now is an initiative of the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) and other global organisations A new campaign is calling for an end to human deaths from dog-transmitted rabies by 2030.

The End Rabies Now campaign urges the international community to step up efforts to eliminate human deaths due to canine-mediated rabies around the world in just 15 years’ time.

End Rabies Now is an initiative of the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) and other global organisations. Campaign partners include the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Veterinary Association and World Animal Protection.

The campaign will call for more funds for mass dog vaccination, considered the most effective way of eliminating human deaths from rabies, caused predominantly by dog bites.

Read full article on the GARC website.

A website dedicated to the End Rabies Now Campaign has been developed and is accessible here.