Few – if any – health issues are neglected without imperilling public health. Rabies in India, of course, is no exception. Today marked World Rabies Day, where we address a public health crisis that claims many lives yearly. As India.com noted in an article published today, rabies in the last five years caused more deaths […]
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Disease profile: Rabies
In 2017, rabies killed every single person who was infected in India. No other disease can claim such a high mortality rate. Though becoming less frequent, rabies is still a considerable concern in India due to this considerable mortality rate. Prevalence of rabies in India Rabies is a complex disease in terms of its prevalence. […]
Rabies vaccine shortage in Punjab
The Punjab government has been criticised by a BJP official over rabies vaccine shortages in the state. Parveen Bansal, general secretary of the Punjab BJP chapter, took the state government to task after he reported sending someone who had been bitten by a dog to the Ludhiana Civil Hospital. According to a report published in […]
Notifiable disease a must for rabies
A report by a panel of the Delhi Legislative Assembly has urged that rabies be deemed a notifiable disease and that steps be taken to record a census of stray dogs and monkeys in the national capital. “The committee is of the firm belief that rabies should be declared as a notifiable disease in the […]
Rabies-free Goa on the cards?
Officials are optimistic about the prospect of a rabies-free Goa, with hopes that the state could become the first in India to eradicate the disease in 2020. No rabies cases were reported in the state in 2018. The progress came on the heels of Mission Rabies, a statewide drive in place since 2014 which saw […]
Anti-rabies vaccine: Delhi gets a shot in the arm
The Delhi government will procure 80,000 vials of the anti-rabies vaccine to address shortages statewide. The Cabinet approved the decision, including an ex-post facto approval of an earlier decision to purchase 40,000 doses of the anti-rabies vaccine. The procurement will take place on an emergency single-bid basis, as shortages in hospitals have been reported throughout […]
Rabies cases falling in Mumbai
Mumbai has, in recent years, revised its approach to tackling rabies within the city. This new strategy has borne fruit as the number of disease cases has fallen to an all-time low. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Mumbai’s strategy in disease prevention was to cull the vast numbers of stray dogs wandering the streets. An […]
Rabies vaccine shortage in Karnataka
Karnataka’s hospitals are grappling with a shortage of the rabies vaccine, with many forced to procure them from other sources. Rabies is one of India’s most lethal diseases, killing every person it came into contact with in 2017. Since 2010, only six people have survived rabies infections despite the disease being entirely vaccine preventable. Rabies […]
Rabies vaccine in short supply
More than 1,000 people have sought the rabies vaccine at the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital in New Delhi, compared to around 200 before last year. The reason for this may be due to a lack of supply of the vaccine to state-run hospitals. Rabies is a lethal disease. In 2017, there was not […]
Anti-rabies vaccine shortages continue
Shortages of the anti-rabies vaccine and other essential medicines continue to plague public hospitals across the country, with states turning to one another for assistance. So far, the onus for supply has been on Tamil Nadu. Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Karnataka have also requested for supplies of essential medicines including the anti-rabies vaccine from the […]