Reaching the zero by 30 dog-mediated human rabies goal
Andrea Britton
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Burnet Institute
Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Tel.: 0439 402 040
Email: andrea.britton21@gmail.com
Microbiology Australia 41(1) 10-13 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA20004
Published: 3 March 2020
Abstract
It is unacceptable that as we advance into the 21st century rabies is still a threat to humans and animals alike. Given public health interventions that focus solely on disease prevention in humans have no effect on the reduction of infection in the reservoir hosts, the most effective way to combat human rabies infection is to control the disease transmission by mass vaccination of the animal source, e.g. dogs and wildlife1. This short communication focuses on the global strategic target to end human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 20302 in line with the Sustainable Development Goals by providing recent updates on World Health Organization (WHO) and OIE guidelines3–5 and recommendations as well as highlighting Australian rabies research activities to prevent an incursion of rabies into the country.
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