Table 5. Evidence of global progress in applied rabies prevention, control, and elimination.

Locality	Interval	Item	Reference
India	2012–2016	Gradual estimated declines in human rabies cases within seven states (primarily because of human prophylaxis), with a need for improved surveillance at a national level	116
China	2007–2017	Decrease in estimated human cases from 3,300 to 516 (primarily because of human prophylaxis) at a national level, based on passive surveillance	117
Republic of Korea	1998 to date	Classified as a notifiable disease since 1961, with a decrease of 68 animal rabies cases to 0 by 2014, primarily by domestic animal vaccination and oral vaccination of wildlife	118
Thailand	1980–2015	Human rabies cases decreased from ~370 to ~5, concomitant with decline in animal cases	119
Vietnam	1992–2017	Reduced human-reported deaths from 404 to 74	120
Sri Lanka	1973–2015	With a national plan for elimination, human deaths declined from 377 to 24, while dog vaccinations increased from <300,000 to >1.4 million	121
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	2007–2014	Using a combination of methods, including increased public education, human prophylaxis, and dog vaccination, canine cases fell from 473 to 37 and human cases were reduced from approximately 9 to 0	122
Americas (21 Latin American and Caribbean countries)	1998–2014	Consistent decline in human and canine rabies case incidence, approaching 0	123
Europe	1978–2016	Based upon the European rabies surveillance data base, only 3,982 total animal cases were reported (an approximately 4.3-fold decrease) and at least 12 countries self-declared rabies freedom, primarily because of oral vaccination of wildlife	124