Lok Sabha Question No. 5582 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-26
Subject: Shortage of Rabies Injection
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Margani Bharat

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5582 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH JULY, 2019

## SHORTAGE OF RABIES I NJECTION

## 5582. SHRI MARGANI BHARAT:

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

- (a) whether there is an acute shortage of rabies injection across the country and if so, of the Government thereon;
- (b) the number of deaths reported in the last two years due to shortage of r abies injection; and
- (c) the further steps being taken by the Government to supply the said injections?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- ( a) : Procurement of Anti Rabies Vaccine (ARV) is decentralized. As procurement of anti -rabies  vaccine  is  done  by  the  state  governments,  their  availability  status  are  acc maintained  at  the  state  level  and  no  central  database on availability  of  ARV  is  maintained. H owever, under  National  Rabies  Control  Programme  (NRCP),  16  States  (Andhra  Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya,  Odisha,  Pondicherry,  Sikkim,  Tripura,  Uttrakhand,  Uttar  Pradesh)  have  repor shortage of anti -rabies vaccines (ARV).
- (b): State/UT - wise deaths due torabies, reported during the last two years i n the country are given in Annexure. However, details of the deaths due to shortage of ARV are not available
- (c): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has taken note of the shortage of ARV reported by theStates and several meetings were held in the Ministry to review the shortage of reported  by  the  States. The  State  Governments  were  requested  to  provide information on shortage of ARV and assistance needed from theCentral Government. Drug Controller General of  India  was  also directed to  monitor  the  pharmaceutical  firms  producing  ARV  for  ensuring regular supply of ARV to the States. States/UTs have also been advised to use Intradermal Route of ARV and ensure the availability of ARV in all health facilities for management of A Bite Victims.

## Annexure

State/UT- wise Deaths due to Rabie s reported during the years 2017 -2018

| S. No.   | State /U.T        |   2017 | 2018 (Provisional)   |
|----------|-------------------|--------|----------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |      5 | 13                   |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |      0 | 0                    |
| 3        | Assam             |      0 | 0                    |
| 4        | Bihar             |      2 | 0                    |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |      1 | 3                    |
| 6        | Goa               |      1 | 0                    |
| 7        | Gujarat           |      0 | 0                    |
| 8        | Haryana           |      1 | 0                    |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |      2 | 1                    |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   |      0 | 0                    |
| 11       | Jharkhand         |      8 | 0                    |
| 12       | Karnataka         |     15 | 23                   |
| 13       | Kerala            |      3 | 5                    |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    |      4 | 1                    |
| 15       | Maharashtra       |      9 | 1                    |
| 16       | Manipur           |      0 | 0                    |
| 17       | Meghalaya         |      0 | 0                    |
| 18       | Mizoram           |      0 | 0                    |
| 19       | Nagaland          |      2 | 1                    |
| 20       | Odisha            |      2 | 1                    |
| 21       | Punjab            |      0 | 0                    |
| 22       | Rajasthan         |      0 | 0                    |
| 23       | Sikkim            |      0 | 0                    |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        |      3 | 0                    |
| 25       | Telangana         |      0 | 0                    |
| 26       | Tripura           |      3 | 0                    |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       |      0 | 0                    |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh     |      0 | 0                    |
| 29       | West Bengal       |     38 | 46                   |
| 30       | A & N Islands     |      0 | 0                    |
| 31       | Chandigarh        |      0 | 2                    |
| 32       | D & N Haveli      |      0 | 0                    |
| 33       | Daman & Diu       |      0 | 0                    |
| 34       | Delhi             |     12 | 13                   |
| 35       | Lakshadweep       |      0 | 0*                   |
| 36       | Puducherry        |      0 | 0                    |
| Total    |                   |    111 | 110                  |