World Rabies Day is September 28, 2024
The OCHD recognizes World Rabies Day, which is celebrated annually on September 28. The theme for World Rabies Day in 2024 is “Breaking Rabies Boundaries”.
The day aims to raise awareness and advocate for the elimination of rabies globally.
The OCHD works with many organizations to promote World Rabies Day and to improve rabies prevention, tracking, and control.
The CDC’s efforts include:
Training programs to improve diagnostic testing, surveillance, and dog & cat vaccination campaigns and safety & prevention tips.
Educating communities to identify rabies symptoms and respond to animal bites.
Rabies is a viral disease that is deadly to humans if medical care is not received before symptoms appear. It is spread to humans and pets mainly through bites or scratches from an infected animal.