Rabies Post-Exposure Prophylaxis: WHO Categories and Schedules (2018)
Gives WHO rabies post-exposure prophylaxis by exposure category and vaccination history.
Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- WHO exposure category
- III: bite or scratch through the skin, saliva on broken skin or…
- Rabies vaccination history
- Never vaccinated
- Immunocompromised
- No
- Weight in kg
- 20
- RIG available
- Human RIG
- Date of the first vaccine dose
- 2026-10-05
Result: Category III, never vaccinated: vaccine plus RIG. Any one schedule: 1-week ID, 2 sites on day 0 (October 5, 2026), day 3 (October 8, 2026) and day 7 (October 12, 2026); 4-dose Essen IM, 1 site on days 0, 3, 7 and one day from day 14 to 28 (October 19, 2026 to November 2, 2026); or Zagreb IM, 2 sites on day 0, then 1 site on day 7 (October 12, 2026) and day 21 (October 26, 2026).
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- WHO exposure category
- Rabies vaccination history
- Immunocompromised
- Weight in kg (for the RIG ceiling)
- RIG available
- Date of the first vaccine dose (YYYY-MM-DD)
How this is calculated
Citation
World Health Organization. Rabies vaccines: WHO position paper, April 2018. Wkly Epidemiol Rec. 2018;93(16):201-220. Read the source ↗
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