A global strategy to end human deaths from dog-transmitted rabies by 2030, published in 2018 by a partnership called the United Against Rabies collaboration, bringing together for the first time the World Health Organization, the World Organisation for Animal Health, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the Global Alliance for Rabies Control, following a 2015 call by these organizations to set that target worldwide. Rabies kills an estimated 59,000 people a year, roughly one person every nine minutes, with about 40 percent of victims being children in Asia and Africa, and because dog bites cause almost all human cases, the Zero by 30 strategy centers on a country-driven, coordinated approach combining public awareness, mass dog vaccination to stop the disease at its source, and prompt post-exposure treatment for people who have been bitten. The plan frames rabies elimination as a One Health problem requiring simultaneous action across human, animal and environmental health sectors rather than a purely medical one.
Facts
Sponsoring BodyWorld Health Organization (WHO), World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH/OIE), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC), as the United Against Rabies collaboration 1 Target PopulationPopulations in countries with endemic dog-mediated rabies, especially children in Asia and Africa 1 Health GoalZero human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030, worldwide 1 Geographic ScopeGlobal, implemented country by country under the United Against Rabies collaboration 1 Measured ResultsBaseline burden the plan targets: an estimated 59,000 rabies deaths per year worldwide, about one every nine minutes, 40 percent of them children in Asia and Africa 1 Classification
Program KindVaccination or Immunization Program 1 Connections
Associated With
tripartite rabies elimination plan, WHO among its co-leading agencies
Delivers Practice
Entity-backed identity for the program-kind enum value this public health program already carries, resolved to a health practice by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The program-kind fact itself stays on the program unchanged.
Sources
1. WHO Publication Page: Zero by 30, Global Strategic Plan to End Human Deaths from Dog-Mediated Rabies
World Health Organizationpublication metadata field
3 June 2018
organizations section
the World Health Organizaton (WHO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC)
stated goal section
zero human dog-mediated rabies deaths by 2030, worldwide
implementation approach section
Countries will lead efforts, driving the changes needed to reach Zero by 30, empowered by the United Against Rabies collaboration
burden statistics section
An estimated 59 000 people die from rabies each year. That's one person every nine minutes of every day, 40% of whom are children living in Asia and Africa.
burden statistics section (baseline metric)
An estimated 59 000 people die from rabies each year. That's one person every nine minutes of every day, 40% of whom are children living in Asia and Africa.
Program classification, entity description sentence
Rabies kills an estimated 59,000 people a year, roughly one person every nine minutes, with about 40 percent of victims being children in Asia and Africa, and because dog bites cause almost all human cases, the Zero by 30 strategy centers on a country-driven, coordinated approach combining public awareness, mass dog vaccination to stop the disease at its source, and prompt post-exposure treatment for people who have been bitten.
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