Sarah Mollel is a program coordinator for Global Animal Health Tanzania. Sarah works closely with the Rabies Free Tanzania team to coordinate vaccination clinics and research. Where do you live? I live in Arusha. What is your role in the program? I am the country programs Coordinator in Tanzania. Why is it important to eliminate […]
Kennedy Lushasi is a member of the Rabies Free Tanzania team. Kennedy is an epidemiologist who works on the Integrated Bite Case Management program. Kennedy is a doctoral student with the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Technology (one of our partners) and the Ifakara Health Institute. How long have you been working with Rabies Free […]
Dr. Imam Mzimbiri is the rabies project manager in Tanzania Where do you live? Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Why is it important to eliminate rabies? It is important to eliminate rabies because it’s a killer disease in humans, livestock, and wildlife in Tanzania. Have you known anyone who has died from rabies? Yes, I have known […]
WSU’s Rabies Free Africa launched the Rabies Hero campaign today to raise national awareness about potential disease outbreaks in animals as people miss routine veterinary care appointments during COVID-19.
The WSU Paul G. Allen School for Global Health is working with international partners to eliminate rabies as a cause of human suffering and death by 2030 as part of the “Zero by 30” campaign launched by the World Health Organization, World Organization for Animal Health, and the Food and Agriculture Organization. Rabies is one […]
WSU researchers in Tanzania can now determine if a dog was vaccinated for the rabies virus with a cellphone camera image.
John and Rachel Clark are driven to prevent rabies in Africa, a disease that kills tens of thousands of children worldwide each year. So driven, in fact, for the past two years they have packed up their now 4- and 8-year-old children to host canine rabies vaccination clinics in Malawi, East Africa, where John was born and raised.
“I saw an article about Rabies Free Africa in the HuffPost featuring Dr. Guy Palmer,” says John. “I sent a note to Rachel that said, ‘This is what I want to do!’”
The Global Alliance Vaccine Initiative is expanding access to human rabies vaccines for post‑exposure prophylaxis to provide equitable access to human rabies prevention following a suspected dog bite.
Every rabies vaccination at Lien Animal Clinic in West Seattle, results in a $1 donation to the WSU Canine Rabies Vaccination Program to help end rabies around the globe.
“Many people don’t know much about rabies because it is not a big problem in the United States,” says clinic co-owner and WSU alumna, Dr. Beth Fritzler (’91 DVM). “But it is a serious disease.” Each year an estimated 60,000 people die from rabies worldwide. Almost all deaths are in Africa and Asia. One-half of […]
