City Desk :
Experts attached importance to create mass awareness on rabies infection to prevent the occurrences of hydrophobia in the society.
They underlined the need to make mass dog vaccination campaign a success to control of rabies which is very vital in the present context.
Lack of awareness, coordination and requisite information and limitation of logistics have been identified as major challenges towards preventing the diseases. So, there is no alternative to face the existing challenges collectively, they unanimously views.
The Department of Livestock organized the discussion styled “End Rabies Together” held at its office conference hall in Rajshahi yesterday marking the World Rabies Day-2016 . Mayor-in-Charge of Rajshahi City Corporation Nizam-Ul-Azim and Prof Dr Khandaker Mozaffar Hossain, Chairman of Veterinary and Animal Science Department of Rajshahi Univesrsity, addressed the discussion as chief and special guests respectively with ATM Fazlul Kader, Assistant Director of Artificial Breeding Centre, in the chair.
During his keynote presentation, Dr Yeamin Ali, Thana Livestock Services Officer, said the present government has adopted a Rabies Elimination Strategy for the first time in the country.
He says vaccination can reduce the effective reproductive number of dogs and break the cycle of rabies transmission instead of brutally and indiscriminately killing those.
Principal Scientific Officer of Department of Livestock Services Kolyan Kumar Fouzder, Upazila Livestock Officers Dr Asim Kumar Pramanik and Dr Saiful Islam also spoke. Mayor Nizam-Ul-Azim said the government has a massive intervention to eliminate the rabies. “Reduction of rabies by 90 percent within 2016 and elimination of rabies by 2020 is the main goal of the intervention without massive and cruelty killing of dogs”.
To this end, various activities like advocacy, communication and social mobilization,
management of dog bite, mass dog vaccination and dog population management are being accomplished from top to bottom.
Besides, he said dog bite management centers are functioning throughout the city. In addition to distribution of vaccine, training of Physicians and Nurses has been accelerated. Earlier, the department officials and staff brought out a colourful procession from its office premises and paraded some city streets before being gathered at the meeting venue. Various government and non-government organizations like Relief International and One Health Programme joined the rally.
Experts attached importance to create mass awareness on rabies infection to prevent the occurrences of hydrophobia in the society.
They underlined the need to make mass dog vaccination campaign a success to control of rabies which is very vital in the present context.
Lack of awareness, coordination and requisite information and limitation of logistics have been identified as major challenges towards preventing the diseases. So, there is no alternative to face the existing challenges collectively, they unanimously views.
The Department of Livestock organized the discussion styled “End Rabies Together” held at its office conference hall in Rajshahi yesterday marking the World Rabies Day-2016 . Mayor-in-Charge of Rajshahi City Corporation Nizam-Ul-Azim and Prof Dr Khandaker Mozaffar Hossain, Chairman of Veterinary and Animal Science Department of Rajshahi Univesrsity, addressed the discussion as chief and special guests respectively with ATM Fazlul Kader, Assistant Director of Artificial Breeding Centre, in the chair.
During his keynote presentation, Dr Yeamin Ali, Thana Livestock Services Officer, said the present government has adopted a Rabies Elimination Strategy for the first time in the country.
He says vaccination can reduce the effective reproductive number of dogs and break the cycle of rabies transmission instead of brutally and indiscriminately killing those.
Principal Scientific Officer of Department of Livestock Services Kolyan Kumar Fouzder, Upazila Livestock Officers Dr Asim Kumar Pramanik and Dr Saiful Islam also spoke. Mayor Nizam-Ul-Azim said the government has a massive intervention to eliminate the rabies. “Reduction of rabies by 90 percent within 2016 and elimination of rabies by 2020 is the main goal of the intervention without massive and cruelty killing of dogs”.
To this end, various activities like advocacy, communication and social mobilization,
management of dog bite, mass dog vaccination and dog population management are being accomplished from top to bottom.
Besides, he said dog bite management centers are functioning throughout the city. In addition to distribution of vaccine, training of Physicians and Nurses has been accelerated. Earlier, the department officials and staff brought out a colourful procession from its office premises and paraded some city streets before being gathered at the meeting venue. Various government and non-government organizations like Relief International and One Health Programme joined the rally.
