Geneva, Switzerland

Dog-mediated human rabies causes tens of thousands of human deaths annually despite being 100% preventable. Over 95% of human cases are caused by the bite of a rabies-infected dog and disproportionately affect rural communities, particularly children, from economically disadvantaged areas of Africa and Asia, where awareness of the disease and access to appropriate post-exposure prophylaxis is limited or non-existent. Unlike for many other zoonoses, the appropriate tools to eliminate dog-mediated human rabies already exist. Dog-mediated rabies can be eliminated at…