RABIES & YOU

What strikes first to your mind when you hear ‘rabies’? A dog bite that leads to death – most of us have the same thought.

RABIES & DOCTOR

Be up-to-date and provide the best to your patients

Bitten by a dog?

Here's what you should do..

Who are at risk?

Any activity that increases the probability of a person coming in contact with saliva

Anti Rabies Vaccination Schedule

Select 1st Dose Vaccine Date

OATH

Let's take an oath to be fearless against rabies

Register Your School for

Rabies Education

Facts

Rabies is a major public health problem

One death

every 15 minutes worldwide

7 million

people receive post-bite vaccination per year

4 OUT OF 10

Deaths are in children

99.9%

fatal once symptoms appear

pup

99%

transmissions by dogs

40%

people bitten by suspect rabid animals are <15 years old

18,000 - 20,000

cases occur every year in India

36%

of rabies deaths occur in India

Source: World Health Organization 2014;92:230
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CSR Initiative: Rabies Free Thiruvananthapuram

The ‘rabies free Thiruvananthapuram’ project is being implemented with the assistance of National Dairy Development Board and its subsidiary Indian Immunologicals Ltd (IIL). This is being implemented by the Compassion for Animals Welfare Association (CAWA). IIL funds this project through it’s CSR initiative.