September 28 is World Rabies Day, a global health observance started in 2007 to raise awareness about rabies. This year’s theme “Rabies: Facts, not Fear”, focuses on sharing facts about rabies and dispelling myths or misconceptions. Scientists have shown that once 70% of dogs are vaccinated, rabies can be successfully controlled in an area and
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Rabies still kills! Rabies is one of the most deadly zoonoses. Each year, it kills nearly 59,000 people worldwide, mostly children in developing countries. But even in Europe, there are few cases each year – in dogs and people. Yet it is 100 % preventable with vaccination. #Rabies #Zeroby30 #WorldRabiesDay WVA/WMA Joint Press Release on
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September 28, 2019 is the 13th World Rabies Day, the global day of action and raising awareness for prevention of rabies. This year’s theme focuses on vaccination and holds the title Rabies: Vaccinate to Eliminate. It is important to be aware that we can each contribute in our way to the global fight against this
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Today, the 10th October 2019, is World Mental Health Day and in recognition of this, FECAVA has produced this video to continue to raise awareness of mental health and wellbeing within the profession. We all have mental health, which is sometimes referred to as `emotional health` or `wellbeing`, and it’s as important to look after
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