U.N. Agencies, World Organisation For Animal Health To Implement Mass Dog Vaccination For Rabies

SciDev.Net: Alliance launched to take bite out of rabies
“A global plan to introduce mass dog vaccination in order to combat rabies — which kills around 70,000 people every year — is under way after being backed by major health players. A tripartite alliance between the World Health Organization (WHO), the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) is overseeing the End Rabies Now campaign…” (Schmidt, 4/4).

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