Training exercises on the prevention and elimination of rabies in the Kolpino district of St. Petersburg

Currently, rabies is registered in more than 160 countries around the world, which kills about 60 thousand people annually who had contact with both wild and domestic animals [1]. Rabies poses a huge threat, and according to WHO estimates, for the population environmental damage; among infectious diseases, rabies ranks 5th [2]. It is estimated that more than 70,000 people worldwide die from this disease every year and millions require post-exposure treatment [3]. Today, the only way to prevent the disease and subsequent death is the timely administration of an anti-rabies vaccine to the bitten person [4]. The ongoing training exercises are a necessary component when checking the anti-epizootic action plan, and are aimed at identifying and eliminating shortcomings, as well as making adjustments to improve the implementation of the epizootic examination [5]