The first country in South-East Asia has ended dog-transmitted human rabies
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Bhutan has achieved WHO validation for eliminating dog-transmitted rabies as a public health problem, the first country in the WHO South-East Asia Region to do so, through a National Accelerated Dog Population Management and Rabies Control Programme combining dog vaccination, post-exposure prophylaxis, and community coordination.
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