en Related Fields Related Fields دیدگاهی-مروری Perspective Review Rabies constantly kills 59,000 people annually, mostly in Asia and Africa. Rabies, which is responsible for 99% of human rabies cases, is totally preventable by standard vaccinations. In 2015, a global call for action was made by the World Health Organization, World Organization for Animal Health, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the Global Alliance for Rabies Control to join forces toward the elimination of dog-transmitted human rabies by the year 2030. All the tools and protocols to reach that target are readily available, and the feasibility of dog rabies elimination has been proven. Countries should drive the changes needed to engage into this global movement. Certainly, countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region require taking more critical steps to reach the rabies elimination target by 2030. The international awareness campaign of the World Rabies Day is an excellent occasion to assess challenges and opportunities toward rabies elimination. One Health, Prevention and control, Rabies, Vaccination 264 268 http://ibj.pasteur.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-4188-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Alireza Gholami 0000-0003-0706-2821 Yes Viral vaccines production unit, research and production complex, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Karaj, Iran Ashkan Alamdary 0000-0001-7776-8809 No Viral vaccines production unit, research and production complex, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Karaj, Iran