26 die from rabies this year - Veterinary Department - Ghanaian Times

Twenty-six persons have died of rabies out of 31 cases recorded in nine regions so far, this year.

While the Greater Accra Region had the highest number of deaths; six, the Central and North East regions recorded four deaths respectively.

The Western Region had three deaths, Western North and Upper West; two, while the Eastern, Ashanti and Upper East regions had one person die respectively from rabies.

The Chief Veterinary Officer at the Veterinary Department, Dr Emmanuel Allegye-Cudjoe, disclosed this at the launch of this year's World Rabies Day (WBD) in Accra last Thursday on the theme: "Breaking rabies boundaries." Commemorated every September 28, WBD aims at strengthening awareness about the disease which remains a global public health threat and estimated to cause over 55,000 human deaths annually, with 56 per cent of the deaths happening in Africa.