Press Releases from Mission Rabies (2 total)
Mission Rabies ahead of target one week into India vaccination campaign
LONDON, 6 SEPTEMBER 2013 - Mission Rabies, a three-year campaign aimed at reducing the incidence of human rabies in India, launched last Saturday with a pledge to vaccinate fifty-thousand dogs in twelve of the country’s worst affected areas within thirty days. One week on, the programme has been hugely successful, with an encouraging response from the public and a target that is already set to be exceeded.
India is the world’s…
Mission Rabies will vaccinate 50,000 dogs across India in 30 days
LONDON, 29 AUGUST 2013 - Mission Rabies is leading the fight against rabies in India. Launching on 1st September, the three-year campaign pledges vaccinate fifty-thousand dogs in twelve of India’s worst affected areas during the first thirty days of the project.
India is the world’s rabies hot spot, with over a third of reported human cases occurring there and someone dying every 30 minutes as a result of this terrible…
