Veterinary clinics nationwide make WSU’s goal to a rabies-free Africa achievable
For every rabies vaccine administered at 120 Vetcor veterinary clinics in the United States and Canada, $1 is donated to WSU’s Rabies Free Africa program, which aims to eliminate the human deaths due to the virus across the African continent. The partnership brings WSU’s total number of supporting veterinary clinics to almost 200 nationwide. Together, these partners have helped vaccinate more than 3 million dogs in Kenya and Tanzania.
Economic growth alone is not enough to eliminate rabies
Researchers found no relationship between death rates caused by rabies and the GDP of a country and no significant association between health expenditure (% GDP) and rabies incidence. Interestingly, no association was found to occur between health expenditure and the probability of receiving PEP indicating that economic growth alone may not be sufficient in ensuring health care access.