Participate to improve global rabies data collection
Surveillance data – underpinned by effective country reporting and surveillance systems - is critical to evaluate progress of national rabies control and elimination campaigns and achieve our global goal of zero human deaths by 2030.
WHO supports and promotes integrated reporting systems for human and animal rabies surveillance. Integrated, quality data is key to:
- Understand rabies disease burden, and the impact of interventions
- Build awareness of rabies, and inform policy decisions
- Accurately forecast vaccine, immunoglobulin, and other resourcing needs
- Measure progress towards global rabies elimination
This also supports broader WHO initiatives to integrate existing disease specific surveillance activities into a more efficient and sustainable health information system.
We invite countries to actively participate in this global effort by nominating a National Focal Point and sharing their rabies surveillance data.
Data can be shared using:
- this excel template (also available in french and portuguese, check link on the right side of the page), or
- the WHO Integrated Data Platform (WIDP). With this DHIS2 based platform, data can either be entered directly in the web browser or via upload of a rabies data template ( download the rabies data template). WIDP further offers the possibility to visualize the data through a digital dashboard with charts, maps and tables and download a data report.To request access to the DHIS2 platform including training, submit data you already have collected, and for further comments and queries, please contact the zoonotic NTD team at botek@who.int.
What data is collected?
At a minimum, WHO requires Minimum indicators for human rabies and Minimum indicators for animal rabies.
See the WHO Expert Consultation on Rabies: WHO TRS N°1012 for more details on data type, definitions, and disaggregation. If disaggregated data is not yet available, it is acceptable to share aggregated data initially and include details over time as reporting and surveillance systems improve.
Rabies control and elimination is achievable. Together, we can end the burden of rabies.
