When Is World Rabies Day Celebrated? || The theme of World Rabies Day || 2021 ||

World Rabies day 2021 - 28th September 

WORLD RABIES DAY :

      World Rabies Day is celebrated in 28 September every year. This day is celebrated all over the world to give the right information and raise awareness to the common people about rabies disease. The main aims of this day are to inform about the effects of these rabies on humans as well as animals and its remedies. By celebrating this day, it is expected to reduce the effects of rabies. The most important thing is to vaccinate the pets in the house, so that we can survive from the terrible effects of rabies.

      After being bitten or scratched by a pet or any other animal as a result the rabies virus can enters our body. The virus can also enters our body through the saliva of an animal if it gets on a thorny part of our body. In most cases people are infected with rabies as a result of dog bites.

SPECIAL NOTES FOR ASPIRANTS :

• The theme of 2021 is 'Rabies : Facts, not Fear'.

• Louis Pasteur invented the first rabies vaccine.

• This day commemorates the death anniversary of the French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur.

• This day is celebrated to raise public awareness for the prevention of rabies.

• WHO estimates there are about 2000 deaths per year for these rabies.