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RABIES : CAUSES, SYSMPTOMS, PREVENTION & CONTROL

Rabies is a highly fatal but completely preventable viral disease that primarily affects the central nervous system and is mostly transmitted to humans through dog bites in India. It disproportionately impacts poor and rural communities and children, largely due to low awareness and limited access to timely post-exposure vaccination and immunoglobulin. India has launched programmes such as the National Rabies Control Programme and the National Action Plan for Rabies Elimination 2030, based on the One Health approach, focusing on dog vaccination, sterilisation, surveillance, and free PEP in public hospitals. With sustained awareness, mass dog vaccination, and improved access to treatment, India can eliminate dog-mediated human rabies deaths by 2030.