rabies

In Part 1 of this two-part explainer we speak to experts in animal and disease ecology and animal rights activists to understand a highly debated concern about animal rights in India — are street dogs really a problem? In this story, we try to understand the underlying issues.

First aid is extremely helpful to make a casualty feel comfortable before professional medical help arrives.

For his extraordinary work in manufacturing and distributing vaccinations, Cyrus Poonawalla is known as one of the 'seven vaccine heroes of the world.'

In India, only 6 people survived this deadly infection, since 2010 and in 2016, thousands succumbed to it.

Omesh Kumar Bharti, a field epidemiologist with the Himachal Pradesh government, explaining why the cost would be reduced said that the new protocol involves injecting rabies immunoglobulins only in the wound, which further neutralises the rabies virus in the wound within hours.

Rabies is an endemic disease in India. Thanks to the efforts of dedicated animal rights groups, however, the disease is being tackled in a humane and compassionate manner, ensuring that neither dogs nor humans are harmed.

A fast-acting anti-rabies drug, the first of its kind in the world, will be launched in India this year. The drug, named Rabishield, will instantly deactivate the rabies virus in cases of critical dog bites, thus protecting the patient.