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September 1, 2010
About 98 percent of people who die of rabies contract the virus from dogs, and a coalition is working to give countries a plan to eliminate the canine rabies virus variant.
The guide is intended to provide a single comprehensive source for practical, up-to-date rabies elimination information that can be used by individuals, organizations, and government agencies; it was published in June at www.rabiesblueprint.com. The site was developed by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control, Partners for Rabies Prevention, and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases in Bamako, Mali.
Peter Costa, a spokesman for the Global Alliance for Rabies Control and the World Rabies Day coordinator, said the blueprint was inspired by visits to some countries in Asia and Africa where rabies is endemic and the scarcity of public health officials who know how to control the transmission of the canine rabies virus variant. The site creators found that papers and reports with information on rabies control were scattered in publications and on websites that were not always easy to find.
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