Rabies Alliance: Press release: Towards a rabies-free world as unparalleled global initiative gets underway
“World Rabies Day marks the announcement of the biggest global anti-rabies initiative, as the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N. (FAO) and the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) reveal an ambitious plan to end human deaths from dog-transmitted rabies by 2030. The plan — ‘Zero by 30: The Strategic Plan’ — centers on a One Health approach and addresses the disease in a holistic and cross-sectoral manner while highlighting the important role veterinary, health, and educational services play in rabies prevention and control…” (9/28).