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The “Egypt Free of Rabies 2030” program, launched by Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation under Minister Alaa Farouk, officially began its first field phase on 6 Tuesday, January 2026. The program was inaugurated in the Ain Shams district of Cairo, where veterinary teams started vaccinating and sterilizing stray dogs as part of the nationwide campaign against rabies. Farouk has emphasized a shift from merely managing crises to addressing the root causes of the problem through internationally recognized animal…