Clearly, much progress has been made in the development of tools and strategies required for effective rabies prevention and control. The process of translating researchdriven interventions into better health outcomes for the populations living in rabies-endemic settings is, however, long and difficult. Yet, one recent achievement in this direction is to have gathered and synthesized all current scientific knowledge and available information on rabies prevention and control into the recently launched "Rabies Blueprint" [45] , an easy to use operational tool kit, which has the potential to contribute to evidence-based policies and action towards rabies elimination.