Sunday, December 03, 2023

VIGNETTES FROM LIFE IN OUR MOUNTAIN HOME

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 One of my favourite trees here. Like a giant thuja from our school gardens... In fact this is called the Thuja tree. Its a kind of Cedar. W...
Thursday, October 26, 2023

Rabies and the Dog Issue in Gujarat

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A study in 2010 in Ahmedabad found that the highest concentration of dogs was near garbage disposal areas, lower and middle income group ho...

The Dog Issue in Uttarakhand

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“According to the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence, Utt .. Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/60859972.cms?ut...

The Crazyness around the Stray Dog issue in India - Story 1

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The poor state of india's government run health services for people is our daily experience. Even as they do a great service for all in ...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

The Dog Problem in Karanataka, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi

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The Dog Problem in Karanataka The dog census in all wards in Bangalore in 2019 estimated the  stray dog population at 3.09 lakh , of which a...

Rabies studies in Rajasthan

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In Kota city of Rajasthan , visiting the celebrated gardens now carries the risk of encountering packs of dogs.  There was a rabies  vaccina...

Studies on Rabies in Punjab

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  A study in Punjab India , showed that the proportion of confirmed rabid dog cases was consistent throughout the study period  (2004-2014) ...

Himachal Pradesh revolutionized how immunoglobulin is administered in wounds

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  Since 2008, Himachal Pradesh has used a "pooling strategy"   to help patients save money by pooling vials of anti-rabies vaccine...

There is no attempt to compile an Accurate National Data on Rabies

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In India, the deadliest virus-caused disease - Rabies, where nearly 100 % of the patients die after developing symptoms - has not been  noti...

Some pointers by the National Centre for Disease Control

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  A history of rabies vaccination in an animal  is not always a guarantee  that the biting animal is not rabid. Animal vaccine failures may ...

The Question of Availability of Rabies Biologicals

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Most of the available  rabies vaccines are indigenously produced  in the country .  The rabies vaccines are procured by the state government...

Residents in India have no recourse from conflict with dogs in public spaces

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  Health is a state subject   and it is the statutory, civic duty of local authorities as defined by Municipal Acts across the country to ke...

There is no focus in India on Rabies Vaccinations for dogs - the emphasis is on birth control

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There is no rabies component   in India’s only official rabies control programme. Prevention of human rabies deaths by post-bite vaccination...

The Animal Birth Control Programme as a way of managing problems with Street Dogs is a Resounding Failure

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The Animal Birth Control Programme (ABC) is being implemented in only  60 big cities of India . Only Tamilnadu and Goa have attempted the pr...

Goa has become the first state in India to eliminate rabies in humans

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Goa has become the first state in India to  eliminate rabies in humans , with no cases since 2018.  The project, led by the NGO Mission Rabi...