Lok Sabha Question No. 424 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: Rabies
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: TAMRADHWAJ SAHU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 424 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 31 ST MARCH, 2017 RABIES

## †*424. SHRI TAMRADHWAJ SAHU:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number  of  deaths  reported  due  to  rabies  in  the  country  incl Chhattisgarh during the last three years and the current year, State/UT - wise;
- (b) whether anti - rabies vaccine is available in sufficient quantity in the health centres/district hospitals throughout the country; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA )

(a) to ( c):  A statement is laid on the Table of the House

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 424* FOR 31 ST MARCH , 2017

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(a)As  per  the  data  maintained  by  the  Central  Bureau  of  Health  Intellig (CBHI), number ofdeaths reported due to rabies (including state Chhattisgarh) was 125 in the year 2014, 113 during 2015 and 86 (provisional) during 2016. Details are placed at Annexure.

(b)  &  (c)  As  procurement  of  anti - rabies  vaccine  is  done  by  the  state governments, their availability status is accordingly maintained at the state level and  no  central  database  of  availability  of  anti - rabies  vaccines  is  maintained. However,  there  is  a  provision  under  National  Health  Mission  for  suppor states for such activities.

## Annexure

State/UT - wise Deaths due to Rabies reported during the years 2014 -2016

| S. No.   | State /U.T        | 2014   |   2015 |   2016 (Provisional) |
|----------|-------------------|--------|--------|----------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 0      |      1 |                    0 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0      |      0 |                    0 |
| 3        | Assam             | 0      |      0 |                    0 |
| 4        | Bihar             | 0      |      1 |                    4 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 2      |      3 |                    0 |
| 6        | Goa               | 0      |      0 |                    0 |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 7      |      8 |                    1 |
| 8        | Haryana           | 0      |      0 |                    0 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 1      |      2 |                    0 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0      |      0 |                    0 |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 0      |      0 |                    1 |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 6      |      9 |                   19 |
| 13       | Kerala            | 5      |      7 |                    2 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 12     |     11 |                    0 |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 1      |      0 |                    1 |
| 16       | Manipur           | 0      |      0 |                    0 |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 0      |      1 |                    0 |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 0      |      0 |                    0 |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 0      |      0 |                    0 |
| 20       | Odisha            | 3      |      6 |                    3 |
| 21       | Punjab            | 0      |      0 |                    0 |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 0      |      1 |                    0 |
| 23       | Sikkim            | 0      |      3 |                    0 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 4      |      1 |                    1 |
| 25       | Telangana         | NA     |      0 |                    0 |
| 26       | Tripura           | 1      |      0 |                    3 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       | 6      |      0 |                    0 |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh     | 1      |      0 |                    0 |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 52     |     47 |                   47 |
| 30       | A & N Islands     | 0      |      0 |                    0 |
| 31       | Chandigarh        | 0      |      0 |                    0 |
| 32       | D & N Haveli      | 0      |      0 |                    0 |
| 33       | Daman & Diu       | 1      |      0 |                    0 |
| 34       | Delhi             | 23     |     12 |                    4 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep       | 0      |      0 |                    0 |
| 36       | Puducherry        | 0      |      0 |                    0 |
| Total    |                   | 125    |    113 |                   86 |

Source: National Health Profile brought out by CBHI, Dte.GHS

Note:

- 1.2014: Andhra Pradesh Excludes data of 10 districts of Telangana from July 2014
- 2.2016: Data is different for different reference period