Anti-Rabies Vaccines: India Handed-Over The Anti-Rabies Vaccines To MOHs

The government of India handed-over the anti-rabies vaccines to the ministry of health and sports in Yangon, Monday.

Rabies is still a major public health concern in Asia including Myanmar. Dogs are the main source of human rabies transmission. The government of India provided 10,000 anti-rabies vaccines which are produced by India.

DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION, EMBASSY OF INDIA, DR. SUMIT SETH said “…We received the notification from the ministry of health and sports that accused the shortages of anti-rabies vaccines which is very important public issue in Myanmar. India itself has rabies are important healthcare and so we have decided to donate 10,000 anti-rabies vaccines. This is the 100% made in India vaccine. We are able to produce high quality medicines that’s why you can see increasing important more and more India companies are present in Myanmar and I think 38% of medicines which are in Myanmar is come from India..”

According to the statics from the ministry of health and sports, there are about 3.8 million dogs in Myanmar. From average range of 150,000 to 200,000 people suffers from dog bites every year. There are over 180,000 cases in 2017 and 200,000 in 2018 cases in 2018 and 60,000 cases of dog bites in May 2019.

WHO and other international organizations are working together to tackle rabies, with the goal for “zero human rabies deaths by 2030.”

The government of India is willing to provide the vaccines and others needs which the country Myanmar has.

DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION, EMBASSY OF INDIA, DR. SUMIT SETH said “….WHO has come of its all strategy which is called zero human rabies by 2030 under which is also called one health approach. So controlling pets not getting vials disease and once the symptom start – it is not possible to cure. The second is to create awareness among the patients…”

Free health care services for dog bite cases, including rabies virus vaccines and immunoglobulin, are provided at hospitals at different levels, according to national standard operating procedures for human rabies prevention.

5.6 billion kyats of the ministry’s budget goes to rabies vaccines and now the ministry already opened the four dog bites care centers such as - Yangon General hospital, North Okkalapa Hospital, Insein Hpspital and Thingangyun Hospital.