Ghana targets ‘Zero human rabies’ by 2030

Ghana would be able to achieve “Zero human rabies deaths by 2030” through mass dog vaccinations, targeting coverage of 70 per cent and above annually, the Head of Veterinary Epidemiology, Dr Yaw Fenteng Danso, has said at a three-day Ghana National Bridging Workshop on rabies in Accra.

It was organised by the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), the One Health Technical Working Group of the Ghana Health Service, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, the German Federal Research Institute for Animal Health (FLI) and Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GAFC), World Health Organisation (WHO).