Eswatini

  • Dog rabies is endemic

The estimated number of human rabies cases was taken from the global burden study released in 2015 (Hampson et al., 2015).

The data collecting tool used in Eswatini (Swaziland) does not have “dog bite“ as a stand-alone diagnosis. As such, it is most often reported as “other” diagnosis. As a result, the number of dog bites given is a gross underestimation as only one big hospital reports “dog bites”.