Mission Rabies

Mission Rabies is a programme of Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS), a United Kingdom-based charity that assists animals.

Mission Rabies has a One Health approach driven by research to eliminate dog bite transmitted rabies (a disease that is estimated to kill 59,000 people annually[1]).

Launched in September 2013 with a mission to vaccinate 50,000 dogs against rabies across India, Mission Rabies teams have since then vaccinated over 4,000,000 dogs and educated 8,000,000 children in dog bite prevention in rabies endemic countries.

[2] The organisation has worked in India in locations such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Goa and Assam.

[3][4] It also works in Cambodia, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda and Thailand.

Mission Rabies members come to catch stray dogs with nets