One Health Approach: Fight Globally Against Rabies
Anamika Pandey- M.V.Sc Scholar, Physiology & Climatology Division, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, 243122, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Introduction :
The One Health idea refers to the cooperation between various disciplines and sectors to acknowledge the connection between people, animals, and the environment and the need for integrated health care interventions. Rabies is seen as a model disease for the successful implementation of this concept.
In every 9 minutes as by the reports of WHO, someone in low- and middle-income developing countries dies from rabies. Even though this disease is entirely preventable.
WHO and World Organisation for Animal Health :
Under this preventable measures WHO in collaboration with FAO and the World Organisation for Animal Health, under the partnership created by the United Against Rabies Forum created a new course on how we can prevent this zoonotic disease in humans and control it in dogs and other animals. This shows the tremendous work is going on globally to know about this deadly rabies disease transmitted to humans via animals.
How to prevent ?
The cheapest and most efficient strategy to prevent rabies transmission between dogs and from dogs to people is to vaccinate at least 70% of at-risk dogs, as dogs are to responsible for 99% of rabies infections that affect humans.
In addition, we must guarantee that those who have been bitten, particularly those who reside in remote, underdeveloped, and poorer communities, have cheap access to post-exposure prophylaxis.
The third element of the present global campaign to preserve human and canine lives from rabies is strengthening local communities by educating everyone on how rabies can be prevented, how to vaccinate dogs, and how to always seek appropriate medical care in case of a dog bite.
Conclusion :
An international public good is eradicating rabies. Before 2030, rabies will claim the lives of hundreds of thousands of people if we do nothing. Because more people will be exposed, there will be an increase in the demand for post-exposure prophylaxis. In areas with inadequate monitoring systems, poor and rural communities, as well as their animals, will continue to suffer disproportionately from systemic injustices and go unrecognised as victims of this dreadful disease.
