Health 'Preventable rabies kills 160 people per day'

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Around 59,000 people die every year from rabies transmitted by dogs, with the poorer regions of the world worst affected, says a report by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control.

The report authors said more should be done to vaccinate dogs, particularly in low-income countries.

Vaccines for bite victims should also be more affordable and more widely available in these areas.

Rabies is a fatal viral infection which is almost 100% preventable.

The infection can infect all mammals, but domestic dogs cause more than 99% of all human deaths from rabies, the report said.

Read more here. (BBC)
 
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