World Rabies Day 2022: 28 September

World Rabies Day 2022: 28 September

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Category : Important Days Published on: September 29 2022

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  • World Rabies Day is commemorated on September 28 every year. It is a global health observance day that began in 2007 to raise awareness about the impact of the world’s deadliest infectious disease on humans and animals.
  • Dogs are the primary source of rabies infection in humans. In some cases, bats are the culprit as well.
  • This year’s theme for World Rabies Day - ‘Rabies: One Health, Zero Deaths’ will highlight the connection of the environment with both people and animals.
  • World Rabies day marks the death anniversary of Louis Pasteur who, with the collaboration of his colleagues, developed the first efficacious rabies vaccine.
  • Louis Pasteur is a French biologist, microbiologist and chemist, Louis Pasteur, who developed the first rabies vaccine in 1885.
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