This article delves into the three animal-health-specific programs of the Sustainable Development for Generation framework: Stop Rabies, Nagana and our advances in parasitology
In this issue, we focus on the ‘Stop Rabies’ initiative:
3 things we do
Stop rabies
Nagana (Sleeping sickness)
Advance in Parasitology
Challenge
There are 60,000 worldwide from rabies on an annual basis, most of whom are children, and all of which are preventable Contribute to UN Zero-by-30 goal through increased education, vaccination and surveillance
$4 billion annual negative GDP impact on 36 nations, millions of smallholders
Public, political and regulatory scrutiny of pet parasiticides is increasing
Ambition
To develop a breakthrough solution that mineralises?
We have 10 sustainable development ambitions in pet parasitology
Impact
To save ≈ 2,000 human lives each year
To improve the livelihoods of hundred of thousands of families by 40-60%
To improve efficacy and our environmental profile
Stop Rabies: A Global Initiative Rabies still kills thousands of people every year. It is common in more than 150 countries, and 40% of victims are children in Asia and Africa. However, rabies is 100% vaccine preventable. Our Stop Rabies program has been launched to reinforce our mission to improve the health of both animals and humans worldwide.
We believe that, together with health authorities, governments, NGOs, and pet owners, we can achieve sustainable impact by focusing on three pillars: vaccination, education, and surveillance.
Vaccination
Education
Surveillance
Providing high quality vaccines and sharing best practices for dog vaccination campaigs
Building greater awarness and knowledge of rabies and dog bite prevention in communities
Monitoring dog vaccination, dog bites, and rabies cases, using tools developed by Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC)
Over 1.5 billion doses of rabies vaccines have been delivered worldwide in the past 20 years. To date, through collaboration with the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) and local partners, contributions have been made to implement of dog vaccination programs across Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, and Vietnam. For education, the target is to reach one million children per year around the world by educating them about rabies and how to live harmoniously alongside dogs, with initiatives already underway in the Philippines, Ghana, Kenya, Malaysia, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam and Ecuador. Surveillance is an important element of all on-the-ground efforts to ensure the desired impact is being made.
References: World Health Organization (WHO). Rabies Fact Sheet. Available at: https://www.who.int/news-room/ fact-sheets/detail/rabies.
World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH). Zero by 30: the global strategic plan to end human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030. Available at: https:// www.who.int/publications/i/ item/9789241513838.
Centers for Disease control and Prevention. Rabies around the World. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/ rabies/location/world/index.html.
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