Mission Rabies
across the worlD
100 children die from rabies every day
we're changing that!
Pam, a vet from the US, tells us more about her third time volunteering with Mission Rabies in Tanzania! She played a vital role in helping our teams ...
We work closely with our sister charity WVS on a number of projects, and many of our campaigns are assisted by the teams from the WVS International Tr...
Dear Team, What an amazing start to the year!!!! LET’S KEEP POWERING IT ON!!!!!!!!! Education The target is to reach 1 million people in ...
Ellie, a vet from the US, recently joined us on our vaccination drive in the Meru district of Tanzania, where we worked alongside local charity Mbwa W...
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Mission Rabies is a charity which was founded as a project of Worldwide Veterinary Service in 2013 with one aim, eliminate dog bite transmitted rabies through a research driven One Health approach. Since 2015, Mission Rabies is a charity in its own right.
Over 99% of human rabies cases are caused by an infected dog bite. Once symptoms of the disease develop, it is almost always fatal.
Every year, millions of healthy dogs are inhumanely killed for fear of this deadly disease. However, this doesn't halt the spread of rabies, which causes the deaths of around 59,000 people a year – the majority of which are children under 15.
Mission Rabies is going to change that.
Science shows that the most effective long-term rabies control strategy is through vaccination of dogs in endemic areas.
Beginning our journey in India, where a third of the global human rabies deaths occur, we ran a 14-city canine vaccination campaign. With our mighty Mission Rabies Truck leading the way, where we smashed our target of 50,000 dogs in just 25 days, finishing with a grand total of over 61,000 dogs vaccinated against Rabies.
5 years on and we are working in 6 different countries, with volunteers from across the world, getting to the heart of rabies-stricken countries and combating this disease with the combination of vaccination, education, technology, research and lots of hard work.
Click on the map, above, to learn more about our lifesaving work in each location.
Rabies is 100% preventable. Mission Rabies is working to prevent needless deaths from this devastating disease and we need you to be a part of it.
the vIRUS
key facts
The symptoms
Restlessness, sensitivity to sound and movement; wandering aimlessly into new areas; excessive reactions to people and animals; aggression; indiscriminate biting and saliva may drip from the mouth.
The problem
Dogs
Vaccination
In 2015 a global conference of Rabies stakeholders, including WHO, OIE and GARC, constructed a framework for the elimination of human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030.
Rabies is 100% vaccine-preventable, we can and will eliminate Rabies.
Dogs Trust is delighted to be part of Mission Rabies. Rabies is a terrible disease that is 100% preventable and yet brings misery and death to many thousands of dogs and people worldwide.
Dogs Trust has been a proud partner of Mission Rabies from the outset and I have seen firsthand the incredible way that the initiative inspires people and brings them together to help eliminate rabies.
Adrian Burder
CEO Dogs Trust
Dogs Trust, WVS, Davies Veterinary Specialists, Henry Schein Cares Foundation Fitzpatrick Referrals, BSAVA, Commonwealth Veterinary Association, WSAVA, CDC, University of Edinburgh Technik Technology, Vipex, WTG, Pet Air, Mayhew International, BCF Technology, Centaur Services, AGM Telematics, AST, Daray Medical, Medimark Scientific, MSD Animal Health, Starleaf, University of Bristol, W&H, ABC India, A1 Animals Come First, Humane Animal Society, Animal Rescue Kerala, International Animal Rescue, Just be Friendly, IPAN, TOLFA, Indian Veterinary Association, AWBI, APCRI, VSPCA, Vets for Animals, iSAW, CARE, tiffinbox and IVSA.
