Rabies

  • Rabies: Economic and Financial Burden: The Cost of a Preventable Disease

    Banner visual showing a dog, vaccine vial, syringe, and stacked gold coins alongside text reading 'Rabies: The Economic Cost of a Preventable Disease.' Icons at the bottom list key facts, including 59,000 human deaths annually and the requirement to vaccinate at least 70% of dogs.

    Rabies claims 59,000 lives each year and inflicts an $8.6 billion global economic burden—yet it is almost 100% preventable. Discover why investing in mass canine vaccination ($1.75 per dog) is vastly more cost-effective than post-exposure treatment ($163 per human course), and how reaching 70% dog vaccination coverage can eliminate transmission once and for all.

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  • History of Rabies Virus: From Ancient Disease to Modern Vaccination

    Illustration of the history of rabies featuring a dog, rabies virus, vaccine and timeline of major milestones.

    Rabies is one of the oldest infectious diseases known to humans. For thousands of years, people have feared the disease because of its dramatic neurological symptoms and almost inevitable death once clinical signs appear. The history of rabies stretches from ancient Mesopotamia to the molecular era of modern virology. Ancient history of rabies Rabies has…

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