Published • loading... • Updated
WHO Validates Chile as First South American Country to Eliminate Dog-Transmitted Rabies
Officials said decades of vaccination, surveillance and dog control ended human cases after the last reported infection in 1972.
- On Monday, the World Health Organization announced that Chile has become the first country in South America to eliminate dog-transmitted rabies, following more than five decades of public health prevention and surveillance.
- Extensive vaccination campaigns and community education initiatives have driven the country's success, with Chile recording its last case of dog-to-human rabies in 1972.
- Human rabies cases in the Americas have dropped by more than 98% since 1983, a dramatic decline that contrasts with nearly 60,000 people killed by the virus annually worldwide, according to WHO.
- Celebrating the achievement in Santiago, Chilean Health Minister May Chomali praised the "joint efforts" that led to the result, stating public policy on rabies eradication has yielded the desired results.
Insights by Ground AI
37 Articles
37 Articles
Associated Press News+12 Reposted by 12 other sources
WHO validates Chile as first South American country to eliminate dog-transmitted rabies
Chile has become the first South American country to eliminate dog-transmitted rabies to humans, according to the World Health Organization.
·New York, United States
Read Full Article
The World Health Organization (WHO) certified Chile as the first country in South America, and...
·Concepción, Chile
Read Full Article
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Chile Monday as the first country in South America to eradicate the transmission of rabies from dogs to humans, an achievement achieved thanks to the more than five decades of “prevention...
·San Juan, United States
Read Full Article
The Republic of Chile has eliminated the rabies of dogs
Coverage Details
Total News Sources37
Leaning Left7Leaning Right3Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution41% Left, 41% Center
Bias Distribution
- 41% of the sources lean Left, 41% of the sources are Center
41% Center
L 41%
C 41%
R 18%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
