World Rabies Day 2022: 28 September

Category : Important Days Published on: September 29 2022

Share on facebook

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.