2019 had barely begun before reports of an American woman who died of rabies after returning from India hit headlines. She was infected in Rishikesh, when a puppy bit her outside her hotel. The incident served to remind us that rabies continues to be a public health scourge in India, which accounts for more than […]
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Rabies, requiring a central approach?
A more centralised approach to tackling rabies is needed if the disease is to be effectively handled in India, an expert claims. Lack of coordination between medical groups ands the veterinary community, should place managing India’s rabies burden into the hands of the central government. This is an alternative to its being left in the […]
Rabies: Less than one survivor per year
In 2017, a disease killed everybody it infected in India. The disease in question also happens to be 100 percent vaccine preventable. Such is the strange dichotomy of rabies. Its relative rarity compared to diseases such as malaria mean it often goes unreported in the Indian media. This does not make it any less deadly. […]