New course on Rabies & One Health launched on OpenWHO - World Health Organization

Following the theme of World Rabies Day 2021, “Rabies: Facts, not Fear”, WHO – in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health, under the partnership created by the United Against Rabies Forum – launched on OpenWHO.org a free, online course on how we can prevent this zoonotic disease in humans and control it in dogs and other animals.

Because dogs are responsible for transmitting 99% of rabies cases to people, vaccinating at least 70% of at-risk dogs is the cheapest and most effective way to stop rabies transmission between dogs and from dogs to people.

Finally, empowering local communities by making everybody aware of the fact that rabies can be avoided, they can have their dogs vaccinated, and they should always seek appropriate medical care in case of a dog bite is the third component of the current, global effort to save human and dog lives from rabies.

Learn at your own pace from seven video-lectures, two demonstration videos, and ten lessons learned from people working in rabies elimination programs across the world: https://openwho.org/courses/NTDs-Rabies-and-one-health .