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Bhutan leads South-East Asia in eliminating rabies as public health problem

WHO validation recognises that a country has eliminated dog-transmitted human rabies, with no human deaths from the disease for at least two years, while demonstrating the capacity to prevent transmission from re-emerging

· 9/6/2026, 2:07:15 PM· 2 min read
Bhutan leads South-East Asia in eliminating rabies as public health problem
WHO validation recognises that a country has eliminated dog-transmitted human rabies, with no human deaths from the disease for at least two years, while demonstrating the capacity to prevent transmission from re-emerging
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