END RABIES
IN ASIA
ZERO BY 30.
59,000 lives lost yearly. 40% are children. 99% from dog bites — and 100% preventable. We are Asia's youth-led, vet-powered, One Health movement vaccinating dogs, educating schools and making PEP accessible from megacities to remote islands.
Why Asia? Why now?
WorldRabiesDay.asia is the independent Asian hub for World Rabies Day — turning a memorial date into a mass vaccination and education festival.
Every September 28 we remember Louis Pasteur and act for the living. From stray-dog census with AI to school comics in 14 languages, from free clinics in Manila slums to Himalayan cold-chain treks — we make Zero by 30 real, village by village.
Three pillars to end deaths
WHO, WOAH, FAO and GARC strategy adapted for Asia's density, monsoons, islands and megacities.
💉 Vaccinate 70%
Annual mass dog vaccination, door-to-door + fixed points. Cold-chain solar boxes, oral vaccines for hard-to-catch strays, digital certificates with QR collars.
- Free drives in 8 countries
- Stray mapping + sterilization
- School-pet registration
🏥 No one dies waiting
Post-exposure prophylaxis within 24h for everyone. Hotline, bite clinics finder, wound-washing stations, intradermal dose-saving protocols.
- Wash 15 min + PEP immediately
- 24/7 multilingual hotline
- Free PEP for children
📚 Educate a generation
Rabies curriculum in 5,000 schools. Comics, AR filters, street theatre. Kids teach parents: don't tease dogs, report bites, love responsibly.
- 14 languages materials
- Rabies Hero badges
- Sept 28 school walks
Bitten? Act in minutes.
Rabies kills after symptoms — but never if you act fast. Print this, teach kids, stick on fridge.
Soap + running water 15 min. This alone cuts risk 50%.
Povidone-iodine / alcohol. No chili, no herbs, no closing wound.
Clinic same day for vaccine + immunoglobulin if deep bite.
Note owner, photo dog, 10-day observation if possible.
Yearly shots for dogs & cats. Collar + certificate.
⚠️ Know symptoms (in animals & humans)
Animals: aggression or unusual shyness, drooling, paralysis, no fear of water yet. Humans (weeks-months after bite): fever, tingling at bite site, anxiety, hydrophobia, confusion. Once hydrophobia appears — almost always fatal. Never wait.
✅ Myths vs facts
- Myth: Small puppy bites are safe → Fact: Any break of skin needs wash + doctor.
- Myth: Rabies only from mad dogs → Fact: Cats, monkeys, bats can transmit too.
- Myth: One vaccine is enough forever → Fact: Boosters + full PEP course required.
- Myth: Killing strays ends rabies → Fact: Only 70% vaccination works. Culling fails.
Asia lights up for rabies day
From Delhi's India Gate to Tokyo's Shibuya — runs, vax marathons, lanterns for victims, vet hackathons.
Mega Vax Weekend: 50k dogs
SM Mall + 120 barangay posts. Free vaccines, microchips, pet parade. Night concert for Zero by 30.
School Heroes Tour
2,000 schools, comic books, bite-first-aid drills. Kids earn Hero badge + vaccinate their pets free.
Lanterns & Data Hack
Light a digital lantern for victims. Devs build bite-map dashboards. Prizes + internships.
Pledge: I will vaccinate my pet & teach one child
Join 84,210 pledgers. Get free reminder, nearest clinic map and printable first-aid poster in your language.
Questions everyone asks
Short, doctor-approved answers. When in doubt — wash and go to clinic, don't google and wait.
Latest field stories
Vaccination results, policy wins, hero interviews and science explained — from our correspondents across Asia.
No news yet — check back for September 28 updates. Meanwhile explore prevention guide above.
Get Sept 28 toolkit free
Posters in 14 languages, school lesson plan, press kit, Instagram pack. No spam — only rabies alerts.
