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This photo album consists of images of World Rabies Day activities in various places from around the globe.
This map shows the locations of events for World Rabies Day in 2009. Much of the world is affected by these events, with initiatives organized at the local levels.
A mural painted for World Rabies Day advises: "Wash dog bite with lots of soap and water. Seek medical advice immediately."
This image shows a child who is so sick with rabies that he is foaming at the mouth. Treatment arrived too late for him. By the time symptoms appear, there is no treatment possible that can save the individual.
This patient has just been bitten by a suspected rabid dog and needs to wash the wounds with soap and water as soon as is possible!
An exposure occurs when rabies virus can get inside the body through open skin wounds or through a mucous membrane opening. Even small wounds like this one can provide an entry for rabies virus if saliva from a rabid animal came into contact with the wound.
This young girl was bitten on the face by a suspect rabid animal and will need to receive rabies immune globulin into and around the wound site as well as rabies vaccine in the upper arm area.
This young child was bitten on the thigh by a suspect rabid dog.
Here, a small hand shows lacerations from a bite wound.
A healthcare worker cleanses a bite wound on the back of a leg.
The directions on this slide are to wash the wound thoroughly with soap and water for at least ten minutes as soon as possible.
Outdated “Nerve tissue vaccine” produced from sheep brain tissue is still used in a few regions and is administered into the abdomen. The World Health Organization has recommended that all nerve tissue vaccines be replaced by better vaccines and most countries have complied with the recommendations.
A young boy in the Serengeti holds his pet dog.
Cell culture rabies vaccine being administered by intradermal method can reduce cost of treatment while saving more lives.
A young child is being weighed to estimate how much rabies immune globulin he will need to receive.
Administration of rabies immune globulin into the bite wound area is important to help destroy rabies virus that could have been transmitted during the bite incident.
This photo shows a child after having received the proper amount of rabies immune globulin into the facial wounds.
This photo shows rabies instruction given to public health students by Dr Gongal in Nepal.
Youth around the world learn about the scourge of rabies.
This shows how a child was bitten by a rabid animal on the back of his head.
The World Rabies Day logo is available in over 40 languages. This one is in simplified Chinese.
In Africa as elsewhere, children interact with dogs in a very close way. This close contact puts the children at risk--particularly in areas where rabies is endemic.
Owners bring their dogs to a central point to receive vaccines. This is the best strategy to eliminate the disease in the dog population.
A boy is proud of his vaccination certificate after having his pet dog vaccinated.
A boy holds his pet dog while it is being vaccinated against rabies. This will protect both the dog and the humans it comes into contact with against this inevitably-fatal zoonotic disease.
Children learn about rabies in China
A public health worker educates a community resident about how to prevent rabies.
The World Rabies Day website highlights ongoing rabies prevention activities around the globe.
Rabies experts from around the world use World Rabies Day to highlight the ongoing threat of rabies.
Children in middle school learn about rabies awareness and how they should not approach animals they do not know. They also learn of the importance of vaccinating all mammal pets diligently.
A small parade of students holding the World Rabies Day poster helps raise awareness.
Physicians in India train medical students about what they must know about rabies prevention.
Citizens learn about bats and how they must be respected and ‘left alone’. Bats, like other mammals, can be infected with rabies and can transmit the deadly virus to humans.
This young Brazilian child is joining his father in a bike race to raise awareness about rabies!
Peru created a stamp to commemorate the first World Rabies Day in 2007.
Newer diagnostic tests can be used to detect the presence of rabies virus. The darker spots show the rabies virus antigen.
These children are dressed up as dalmatians to commemorate World Rabies Day and to raise community awareness.
Rabies vaccination clinics are held around the world every year on World Rabies Day in order to increase awareness and provide opportunities to vaccinate pets.
This shows a World Rabies Day banner.
These children in Ladakh, India, hold up a Rabies prevention flyer. The flyer reads: "RABIES and the Ladakh Street Dog Sterilization Project."
Children constitute the highest percentage of rabies deaths in humans. These children are part of an educational program to increase their awareness about what rabies is and what they need to do if they are exposed.
Adults bring a child and his pet in to the clinic for rabies vaccinations.
Dr. Garg in India is one of thousands of volunteers dedicating their time to educate others. Dr. Garg has taught over 200,000 school children in India about how to prevent rabies.