Lok Sabha Question No. 1195 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Rabies Infection
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Krupal Balaji Tumane

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1195 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH JUNE, 2019

## RABIES INFECTION

## 1195. SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

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

- (a) whether the cases of rabies infection have increased due to the stray dogs, if so, thereof;

- (b) the State/UT - wise details of such incidents during each of the last three years and the year ; and

- (c) the preventive steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a)& (b): Rabies is transmitted to humans following bite of animals (dogs, cats, monkeys, mongoose etc.) infected by the rabies virus.

State/UT - wise details of deaths due torabies, during the last three years i n the country are placed at Annexure. Separate details of the cases of rabies infection due to the stray dogsare not available.

- (c) : For prevention of deaths due to rabies, Government of India is implementing the Nat Rabies Control Programme in the country. The objectives of the program are to:

- i. Prevent human deaths due to rabies

- ii. Prevent transmissi on of rabies virus in dog population

- iii. Mass vaccination of dogs.

- iv. Dog population management

- v. Strengthening surveillance & response.

To prevent deaths due to human rabies, the strategy adopted is to implement more effective  Intra  Dermal  (ID)  route  of inoculation  for  anti - ra bies  vaccines  for  Category  II  and Category III bites and infiltration of Rabies immunoglobulin in all Cat III bites in all - rabies clinics of government health facilities.

The  States  are  asked  to  organize  training  of  h ealth  professional  on  animal  bite management and ID route of anti -rabies vaccination, IEC activities for community awareness on dos'  and  don'ts  in  the  event  of  animal  bite,  strengthening  surveillance  of  human  rabies  and strengthening lab diagnostics for ra bies.

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## Annexure

State/UT- wiseCases/ Deaths due to Rabie s reported during the years 2016 -2018

| S.No.   | State /U.T        |   2016 |   2017 | 2018 (Provisional)   |
|---------|-------------------|--------|--------|----------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |      0 |      5 | 13                   |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |      0 |      0 | 0                    |
| 3       | Assam             |      0 |      0 | 0                    |
| 4       | Bihar             |      4 |      2 | 0                    |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |      0 |      1 | 3                    |
| 6       | Goa               |      0 |      1 | 0                    |
| 7       | Gujarat           |      6 |      0 | 0                    |
| 8       | Haryana           |      0 |      1 | 0                    |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  |      0 |      2 | 1                    |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir   |      0 |      0 | 0                    |
| 11      | Jharkhand         |      1 |      8 | 0                    |
| 12      | Karnataka         |     22 |     15 | 23                   |
| 13      | Kerala            |      2 |      3 | 5                    |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    |      0 |      4 | 1                    |
| 15      | Maharashtra       |      1 |      9 | 1                    |
| 16      | Manipur           |      0 |      0 | 0                    |
| 17      | Meghalaya         |      0 |      0 | 0                    |
| 18      | Mizoram           |      0 |      0 | 0                    |
| 19      | Nagaland          |      0 |      2 | 1                    |
| 20      | Odisha            |      3 |      2 | 1                    |
| 21      | Punjab            |      0 |      0 | 0                    |
| 22      | Rajasthan         |      0 |      0 | 0                    |
| 23      | Sikkim            |      0 |      0 | 0                    |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        |      1 |      3 | 0                    |
| 25      | Telangana         |      0 |      0 | 0                    |
| 26      | Tripura           |      3 |      3 | 0                    |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       |      0 |      0 | 0                    |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     |      0 |      0 | 0                    |
| 29      | West Bengal       |     47 |     38 | 46                   |
| 30      | A & N Islands     |      0 |      0 | 0                    |
| 31      | Chandigarh        |      0 |      0 | 2                    |
| 32      | D & N Haveli      |      0 |      0 | 0                    |
| 33      | Daman & Diu       |      0 |      0 | 0                    |
| 34      | Delhi             |      3 |     12 | 13                   |
| 35      | Lakshadweep       |      0 |      0 | 0*                   |
| 36      | Puducherry        |      0 |      0 | 0                    |
| Total   | Total             |     93 |    111 | 110                  |

Note: Number of deaths are equal to number of cases.

*Excludes August .