Chile is validated by WHO as first South American country to eliminate dog-transmitted rabies in humans.
The World Health Organization validated Chile as the first country in South America to eliminate dog-transmitted rabies to humans. The national achievement is based on a delivered public health result, not a projection. The last reported case of this type was in 1972.
Why it matters
This validation is evidence that coordinated vaccination and control programs can end a deadly zoonotic disease at the national level.
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