Today is World Rabies Day. The day is celebrated annually on September 28 to raise awareness about rabies prevention and to highlight progress in defeating this horrifying disease. This year the theme for the day is 'Rabies: Share the message. Save a life'. <br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">This highlights the importance of education and awareness to prevent rabies. World Rabies Day provides a platform to improve awareness, engage communities and help endemic countries in building successful and sustainable rabies programmes. The day also marks the anniversary of Louis Pasteur's death, the French chemist and microbiologist, who developed the first rabies vaccine. </span><br />

World Rabies Day is being observed today. The Day on the 28th of September every year is an attempt to spread awareness about Rabies across the World. In the year 2007, the World Rabies Day was inaugurated and is now followed globally. On this occasion, many events like educational seminars on Rabies, vaccination programs, marches etc are held.