One Health in Action -

Zero rabies death by 2030

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of Subnational
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Leaders
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2 June
2 June 2022
2022

Dr Rachel Tidman, Global Rabies Coordinator

World Organisation for Animal Health and United Against Rabies
Dr Ronello Abila, Sub-Regional Representative for SE Asia
World Organisation for Animal Health
Overview

1. Global burden of rabies

2. Rabies and One Health
3. Rabies control: A model for One Health
implementation
4. United Against Rabies Forum
5. Rabies and the role of subnational leaders
6. Key points
7. Thank you
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Global
Globalburden
burdenofofrabies
rabies

§ Neglected Tropical Disease – affects the most

vulnerable populations
§ Fatal once symptoms appear
§ 59 000 deaths/year
§ 4 out of 10 in children
§ 100% preventable
§ Present in 150 countries, mainly Africa and Asia
§ Estimated cost of $8.6 billion per year Lost lives
§ Lost livelihoods
§ High costs of treatment
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Rabies
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§ Zoonotic disease – transmitted from animals to

humans
§ 99% of human cases from dog bites
§ Lost lives and livelihoods
§ Loss of livestock and working animals
§ Fear of rabies results in dog culling and cruelty
§ Spill-over into wildlife
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Rabies
Rabiescontrol:
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Healthimplementation
implementation
§ Proven success with One Health approach
§ Mass dog vaccination
§ Rapid access to human post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP)
§ Community engagement

§ Cost of dog vaccination more cost-effective than human PEP;

§ dog vaccination à saved human lives

§ Reduced livestock and working animal losses à saved livelihoods,

improved food security

§ Responsible dog ownership and humane dog population management

à healthier cities, improved animal welfare

§ Reduced wildlife spill-overs à healthier ecosystems

§ Strengthens links between human and veterinary health systems à

building systems that can address other endemic and emerging
diseases

§ Contributes to the SDGs and ending neglect and inequality

 United
UnitedAgainst
AgainstRabies
RabiesForum
Forum
§ 2018: The Global Strategic Plan to end human deaths
from dog-mediated rabies by 2030 (Zero by 30)
§ 2020: United Against Rabies Forum launched
§ An inclusive network of stakeholders from a range of
sectors

§ Common vision for rabies elimination

§ Supports the implementation of ‘Zero by 30’
§ Steering Group and three action-focused Working
Groups

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Rabies
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andthe
therole
roleofofsubnational
subnationalleaders
leaders

§ Promoting access to equitable healthcare

§ Supporting mass dog vaccination to reduce
dog-to-dog and dog-to-human transmission
§ Responsible dog ownership
§ Waste management to reduce free-roaming
dogs
§ Education and awareness
§ Advocacy and political will to drive progress

§ Engagement of local authorities is critical to

the success of rabies control
 Key
Keypoints
points

§ Together, using a One Health approach, ending

human deaths from rabies is achievable

§ Rabies elimination saves lives, contributes to

equitable healthcare, improves animal welfare and
food security, and contributes to healthier
ecosystems and healthier cities

§ Rabies elimination can be a model for the

implementation of One Health

§ Engagement of local authorities is critical to

success

§ Find out more on unitedagainstrabies.org or

contact globalrabiescoordinator@oie.int

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Thank you for your attention!

Questions?
Find out more:

• Visit unitedagainstrabies.org
• Contact globalrabiescoordinator@oie.int