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Data were collected from 28 June to 01 July 2021. An exhaustive recruitment was done, and the final sample size was 95 health professionals. R software was used for descriptive, bivariate and multivariate analyses. Health professionals with sufficient knowledge, positive attitudes and good practices in relation to rabies represented 35.8%, 26.3% and 45.3% of the study respectively. The results of the multivariate analysis showed that professionals who worked in urban areas (AOR = 11.10; 95% CI = [3.50\u201341.69]) and who worked in animal health (AOR = 7.45; 95% CI = [1.16\u201370.40]) were more likely to have sufficient knowledge about rabies. Professionals with tertiary education (AOR = 12.40; CI95% = [1.80\u2013268.00]) and with sufficient knowledge (AOR = 3.41; CI95% = [1.01\u201312.70]) were more likely to have a positive attitude about rabies. 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