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[Video][From our archives] 6 things you should know about rabies

Multimedia | 2016-06-20 12:33:00

To mark World Rabies Day, here are six things you probably don't know about the disease.

In Tanzania, a new weapon in the war on rabies: mobile phones

Bhekisisa FeaturesKatie Hampson | 2016-04-14 17:00:00

Outside Dr Chibonda's clinic in a remote village in the rural heartland of Tanzania, seven families sit waiting anxiously. One mother is with her...

Bold new approach needed to defeat rabies

AnalysisKevin Le Roux & Bernadette Abela-Ridder | 2015-06-03 13:15:00

Human evolution has been inextricably linked with our interactions with animals. Whether for food, transport or security our species has depended on other animals for millennia. But this close relationship also comes...

Rabies kills 82 children in Angola

AfricaStaff Reporter | 2009-02-23 18:02:00

Health officials in Angola on Monday warned that more needs to be done to prevent the spread of rabies, which has killed 82 children in Luanda,...

Don't smoke it, put it in a pill

AfricaChristina Scott | 2009-02-03 06:00:00

Scientists in Southern Africa may be able to rescue regional tobacco agriculture without compromising on the health of our lungs -- by growing...

Tackling rabies in Africa

NewsStaff Reporter | 2008-08-13 10:46:00

Pretoria-born Dr Wanda Markotter's research takes her to some of the remotest corners of the continent to sample bat species and study their...

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