Eman Seif El-Din

Effect of Rabies Educational Program on School Children Eman Seif El-Din

Rabies is a deadly animal disease caused by bites of warm-blooded animals and wild animals, including raccoons, skunks, bats, and foxes, or in dogs, cats, or farm animals. World Health Organization (WHO) ranks rabies as a 12th list of infectious and parasitic disease which causes death in humans (Ettinger, Stephen, Feldman, and Edward, 2018). People get it from the bite of an infected animal. Researchers estimate that 30,000 to 70,000 deaths are attributable to rabies each year, roughly 40% of who are children. In developed countries, domesticated animals have only been responsible for about 10% of cases of rabies transmission (WHO, 2020).