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WHO validates Bhutan for eliminating dog-transmitted human rabies

As of September 2026: Leading the current phase of the national programme through June 2027

Zero people have died from dog-mediated rabies in Bhutan since June 2023. On September 4, 2026, the World Health Organization validated the country's elimination of dog-transmitted rabies as a public health problem, the first such validation in the WHO South-East Asia Region.

Updated Sep 8

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The main objectives are to keep the mission to sterilise 100 per cent of stray dogs, attach microchips to sterilised dogs and to achieve zero human rabies cases by 2030.

from WHO validates Bhutan for eliminating dog-transmitted human rabies · Updated Sep 8

Pet owners have the responsibility of taking care of their pet dog; pet dogs are not supposed to roam freely without the owner's supervision.

from WHO validates Bhutan for eliminating dog-transmitted human rabies · Updated Sep 8