title: Worldwide rabies deaths prevention--A focus on the current inadequacies in postexposure prophylaxis of animal bite victims.
abstract: The World Health Organization reports that over 60,000 humans die of rabies annually, worldwide. Most occur in remote regions of developing countries. Almost all victims received no postexposure rabies prophylaxis (PEP). There are no facilities or health personnel able to provide it in many areas where the disease is prevalent. A first approach to correct this problem would be by extending provision of modern PEP to areas where human rabies is most prevalent.
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Viral Zoonoses, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Electronic address: henrywilde27@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wilde
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on Rabies Pathogenesis and Prevention, Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, The Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Boonlert
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lumlertdacha
authors.affiliation: Formerly, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: François X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Meslin
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Viral Zoonoses, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Siriporn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghai
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Viral Zoonoses, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Thiravat
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hemachudha
mesh_terms: D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D014943:Global Health; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D056990:Post-Exposure Prophylaxis / Q000379:methods*; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: Access to PEP in developing countries; Animal bite centres; Human rabies; Postexposure prophylaxis