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Bhutan leads South-East Asia in eliminating rabies as public health problem
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The World Health Organization has officially validated Bhutan for eliminating dog-transmitted human rabies. The country achieved this milestone by recording zero human deaths from the disease over a two-year period. Bhutan also demonstrated the necessary healthcare capabilities to prevent future resurgences.
WHY IT MATTERS
This validation marks a major public health milestone for Bhutan, establishing it as a regional leader in controlling a historically fatal zoonotic disease.
WHO validation recognises that a country has eliminated dog-transmitted human rabies, with no human deaths from the disease for at least two years, while demonstrating the capacity to prevent transmission from re-emerging
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