Vietnamese authorities raise awareness on dog meat and rabies risk
Officials in Vietnam's capital are informing residents about existing dangers of eating dog meat, as part
of a campaign to eradicate rabies.
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Chinese human rabies vaccine scandal
China’s government has sentenced Changsheng Life Sciences, the country’s largest vaccine producer by
revenue, to pay a fine of $1.3B on eight violations of drug regulations following accusations by the State
Drug Administration that the company had forged production and inspection records for 110,000
freeze-dried rabies vaccines designated for human use.
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Further rabies case on Svalbard Island
After two rabies cases in a reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and an Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus) had been
laboratory confirmed in April and July this year, respectively, three further cases of arctic fox rabies has
been detected last months. Usually, the rabies viruses circulating in this part of Europe are closely related
to arctic variants occurring in Arctic regions of Russia.
New global strategic plan to eliminate dog-mediated rabies by 2030
United against Rabies implemented a new global strategic plan to eliminate dog-mediated rabies by 2030.
Through this plan, affected countries will move a significant step closer to the Sustainable Development
Goal (SDG) 3 target of “ending the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical
diseases”.
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OIE is revising Rabies Standards
During the past one and a half year ad hoc groups of rabies experts have been working on synchronizing
rabies standards with those of WHO. Already in May 2018 the revised Rabies Chapter of the Terrestrial
Manual which sets standards for veterinary diagnostic laboratories and vaccine manufacturers had been
adopted by the OIE General Assembly. Currently the Rabies Chapter of the Terrestrial Code setting out
standards for the improvement of animal health and welfare and veterinary public health worldwide,
Ethiopia deploys hidden rabies vaccine in bid to protect endangered wolf
There are less than 500 of the highly endangered red wolves in the high mountains of Ethiopia and they
are very vulnerable to infectious diseases from domestic dogs, in particular rabies.
That is why the Ethiopian government intends to use oral vaccination using goat meat baits to pre-empt
outbreaks of rabies among Ethiopian wolves.
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China: State Drug Administration finds serious violations
China: State Drug Administration finds serious violations of manufacturing protocol, prompting
company to order recall
China’s State Drug Administration has told the country’s second-biggest maker of rabies vaccines to stop
production after a snap inspection uncovered evidence of forged data
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United Against Rabies
United Against Rabies launches global plan to achieve zero rabies human deaths
A strategic plan that provides a phased, all-inclusive, intersectoral approach to eliminate human deaths
from rabies has just been launched by United Against Rabies - a collaboration of four partners: the World
Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World
Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC).
New Rapid Rabies Test
New Rapid Rabies Test Could Revolutionize Testing and Treatment
A new rabies test developed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) could mean people
exposed to potentially rabid animals could forego the weeks-long regimen of shots to prevent the deadly
disease. The new PCR test, designed for use in animals, can more easily and precisely diagnose rabies
infection, according to a study published in PLOS One. The new LN34 test is simpler and easier to use
than current tests.
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WHO announces new rabies recommendations
The new WHO recommendations supersede the 2010 WHO position on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for rabies.
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