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SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research Advances in Preventive Medicine Volume 2011, Article ID383870, 5 pages doi: Review Article HumanRabies in the WHOSoutheast Asia Region: Forward Steps for Elimination Gyanendra Gongal andAlice E. Wright Disease Surveillance and Epidemiology, WHORegional O ?ce for South East Asia, New Delhi 110002, India Correspondence should be addressed to Gyanendra Gongal, ******@ Received 4 April 2011; Revised 15 July 2011; Accepted 15 July 2011 Academic Editor: Shampur Narayan Madhusudana Copyright ? 2011 G. Gongal and A. E. Wright. This is an open access article distributed under the mons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and repro duction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. There are eleven Member States in the WHOsoutheast Asia region (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste) of which eight are endemic for rabies. More than billion people in the Region are at risk of rabies infection, and approximately 45% of worldwide rabies deaths occur in Asia. Dog bites account for 96% of human rabies cases. Progress in preventing human rabies through control of the disease in dogs has been slow due to various factors. Innovative control tools and techniques have been developed and standardized in recent years. The introduction of cost-e ?ective intradermal rabies ination regimens in Asian countries has increased the availability and a ?ordability of postexposure prophylaxis. Elimination of rabies is not possible without regional and intersectoral cooperation. Considering the importance of consolidating achievements in rabies control in Member countries, the WHORegional O ?ce for southeast Asia has developed a regional strategy for elimination of human rabies transmitted by dogs in the Region. They mitted to provide technical leadership, to advocate national health autho