The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has stated that Latin America and the Caribbean are moving closer to their goal of achieving the elimination of human deaths by rabies.
According to a PAHO announcement on the eve of World Rabies Day – 28 September, over the last 12 months, just five cases were reported in the Region. In a press release marking World Rabies Day, the organization stated that it has established the goal of eliminating human deaths from rabies by 2022 and today, Haiti and the Dominican Republic are the only countries in the region where people have died from rabies.
