Mission Rabies
{{Short description|Rabies prevention program}}
{{Infobox organization
| logo =
| type = International non-governmental organisation
| purpose = Rabies prevention and control
| headquarters = Cranborne, UK
| key_people = Luke Gamble
| region = Worldwide
| website = http://www.missionrabies.com
| founded = 2013
}}
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Mission Rabies is a programme of Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS), a United Kingdom-based charity that assists animals. Mission Rabies has a One Health approach driven by research to eliminate dog bite transmitted rabies (a disease that is estimated to kill 59,000 people annually{{Cite journal|last=Hampson|first=Katie|display-authors=etal|date=2015-04-16|title=Estimating the Global Burden of Endemic Canine Rabies|journal=PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases|language=en|volume=9|issue=4|pages=e0003709|doi=10.1371/journal.pntd.0003709|issn=1935-2735|pmc=4400070|pmid=25881058 |doi-access=free }}). Launched in September 2013 with a mission to vaccinate 50,000 dogs against rabies across India, Mission Rabies teams have since then vaccinated over 4,000,000 dogs and educated 8,000,000 children in dog bite prevention in rabies endemic countries.{{cite web|url=http://www.missionrabies.com|title=Mission Rabies|publisher=Mission Rabies|accessdate=17 December 2018}}
Geographic scope
The organisation has worked in India in locations such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Goa and Assam.{{cite news|title=Mission Rabies|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/mission-rabies/article4935172.ece|accessdate=18 December 2013|newspaper=The Hindu}}{{cite web|last=Gamble|first=Luke|title=Mission Rabies|url=http://www.missionrabies.com/theteam/|publisher=Mission Rabies|accessdate=18 December 2013}} It also works in Cambodia, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda and Thailand.
Mission Rabies Cambodia
In 2024, Mission Rabies led Asia’s largest rabies vaccination campaign. During a two-week mission, 229,488 dogs were vaccinated across Cambodia.{{cite web|url=http://www.dvm360.com/|title=Campaign to combat rabies in Asia reports nearly 230K dogs vaccinated|publisher=dvm360|accessdate=5 November 2024}}{{cite web
|title=One Health in practice: towards effective and feasible rabies elimination in Cambodia|url=https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/one-health-in-practice--towards-effective-and-feasible-rabies-elimination-in-cambodia|publisher=World Health Organisation|accessdate=5 January 2024}} This campaign was implemented by WVS Cambodia.{{cite web|url=http://www.missionrabies.com|title=Project Cambodia|publisher=Mission Rabies}}
References
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=Further reading=
- {{cite web|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/10/131027-mission-rabies-dogs-india-world-veterinary-service/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030003712/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/10/131027-mission-rabies-dogs-india-world-veterinary-service/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 30, 2013 |title=Mission Rabies Leads the Pack in Dog Vaccinations in India |publisher=National Geographic |date=2013-10-27 |accessdate=2013-12-20}}
- {{cite web|last=Shenoy |first=Sonali |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Mission-Rabies-or-mission-impossible/2013/09/19/article1791023.ece1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922051516/http://newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Mission-Rabies-or-mission-impossible/2013/09/19/article1791023.ece1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 22, 2013 |title=Mission Rabies or mission impossible? |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=2013-09-19 |accessdate=2013-12-20}}
- {{cite web |author=Clifton, Merritt |url=http://www.animalpeoplenews.org/anp/2013/10/25/mission-rabies-vaccinates-60000-dogs-in-10-indian-cities-in-30-days/ |title=Mission Rabies vaccinates 60,000 dogs in 10 Indian cities in 30 days |publisher=Animal People Online |date=2013-10-25 |accessdate=2013-12-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220174601/http://www.animalpeoplenews.org/anp/2013/10/25/mission-rabies-vaccinates-60000-dogs-in-10-indian-cities-in-30-days/ |archivedate=2013-12-20 }}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-22855321 |title=Vet Luke Gamble's mission to beat rabies in India |publisher=BBC News |date=2013-06-11 |accessdate=2013-12-20}}
- {{cite journal|url=http://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/173/12/281.extract |title=Target in sight for Mission Rabies |journal=Veterinary Record |volume=173 |issue=12 |pages=281 |date=2013-09-28 |accessdate=2013-12-20|doi=10.1136/vr.f5803 |pmid=24077135 |s2cid=207045204 |url-access=subscription }} {{subscription required}}
- Elimination of human rabies in Goa, India through an integrated One Health approach, [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30371-y Gibson, A.D., Yale, G., Corfmat, J. et al. Elimination of human rabies in Goa, India through an integrated One Health approach. Nat Commun 13, 2788 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30371-y]
External links
- {{official website|http://www.missionrabies.com}}
Category:Veterinary medicine in India
Category:Non-profit organisations based in the United Kingdom