Rabies (Replay)
National vaccination campaign for dogs against rabies, in Laos.
© World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)
By: Caroline Paré Follow
2 min
A disease of viral origin, rabies affects more than 150 countries and territories.
It is a fatal neurological infection in 100% of reported cases.
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Rabies kills tens of thousands of people each year, mainly in Asia and Africa, while it can be prevented by vaccination.
How to prevent transmission to humans?
What to do if bitten ?
Pr Hervé Bourhy
, professor at the Institut Pasteur.
He heads the National Reference Center for Rabies (for France), the WHO Collaborating Center for Rabies Reference and Research and the Lyssavirus, Epidemiology and Neuropathology Research Unit, all located at the Institut Pasteur in Paris
Dr Mathilde Sopi Tetchi
, head of the Rabies Center of the National Institute of Public Hygiene (INHP) and responsible for the Human rabies component in the
Rage-GAVI
project
.
Human rabies focal point in Côte d'Ivoire
Report by
Côme Bastin
in Bangalore where there is a noticeable increase in rabies.
At the end of the program, we find the anti-sedentary physical activity session, with
Dr. Jean-Marc Sène
, sports doctor and doctor of the French judo team.
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