Rabies Transmission and Control: Updates and Recommendations from WHO, FAO, and WOAH

Although it is true that in November 2019 we informed you that our country had been declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the first nation free of rabies transmission by dogs, we also informed you (in January of this year) , that the General Directorate of Epidemiology (Sinave), had issued an Epidemiological Notice to all first, second and third level medical units, Hospital Epidemiological Surveillance Units (UVEH) and members of the National Network of Public Health Laboratories (RNLSP), for the possible contagion of rabies of nine people who had contact with an infected dog in the State of Sonora.

The truth is that, as long as the virus that causes rabies is not completely eliminated from the face of the earth as we achieved with smallpox, there will always be the possibility that this disease will reappear and surprise us.

On the other hand, it is necessary to mention that, although effective, vaccination campaigns against rabies in canines have their limitations, since they generally only cover dogs that live in a controlled family environment and that are taken to be vaccinated, escaping They are the canids that live on the streets and other semi-wild and wild environments, susceptible to contracting and transmitting this serious disease.

This is why the updating of the document “Oral vaccination of dogs against rabies: recommendations for its application in the field and its integration into canine rabies control programs”, carried out in a tripartite manner by the WHO, is of great importance. the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), which includes practical recommendations for application in the field, and its integration into canine rabies control programs.

2023-11-07 23:20:02
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