(Jointly organized by FVS, SPCA, SAVERS)

Rabies awareness,vaccination and treatment camp was held today at FET CENTRE OF UVAS,LAHORE. It was started at 9:00AM and end at 5:00PM ,about 40 DVM students and 8 doctors were available there. They treat and vaccinate many cases free of cost but our main focus is awareness on rabies disease,for this respect a SEMINAR was held at UVAS coference hall.It was started at 10AM. The cheif guest of this function was MINISTER OF HEALTH MR KHALID AWIS RANJHA,DR TAHIR MAHMOOD AND DR NUSRAT FROM INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH ,LAHOR,DR ANWAR HUSSIAN(SPCA),DR NASIM AHMAD(dean,uvas),DR MUHAMMAD ASHRAF(DEAN,UVAS),DR MANSOOR-UD-DIN(CHIARMAN,MICROBIOLOGY),and lot of associates, assistants, lectures doctors and M.Phil, DVM students were here and know about this disease.

Chief guest,DR MANSOOR,DR TAHIR AND DR ANWAR gave presentations at this disease

Rabies is a disease with the highest case fatality rate of any known infectious disease. Rabies exists in every continent except Antarctica. Rabies has no boundaries and continues to spread across previously rabies-free countries (e.g. the recent news about dog rabies invading the tropical island paradise of Bali). Rabies kills humans regardless of their age, nationality, religion or cultural beliefs. In fact, rabies kills one person every ten minutes - more than 55,000 people every year. Sadly, over 50% of these deaths are children under 15 years of age.

Some of the facts about rabies in certain countries include: infected sheep brain vaccine is still used instead of modern vaccines; human rabies victims are sent home to die because it is cheaper to transport a live body than a dead body; and dog bite victims visit local healers where they are given worthless treatments including magic amulets or told to rub chili powder into their wounds as a cure for rabies. In order to address these issues and effectively reach across all continents, countries, religious backgrounds etc

All the speakers stressed on Creating awareness among public on responsible pet ownership (Licensing & vaccination), stray dog control, proper garbage disposable, Providing post exposure prophylaxis for all animal bite victims & preventive vaccination for school children for preventing & reducing rabies both among animal & human population. Intradermal route of administration of rabies vaccine was given to an animal bite victim in front of public to create awareness on need to utilize this service which is provided free of cost in PET CENTRE,UVAS,LAHORE,PAKISTAN

University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore,PAKISTAN is the oldest veterinary institute in Asia (established as a Veterinary School in 1882) and is therefore playing a key role in animal health. PET CENTRE of the U.V.A.S is a famous and historical veterinary hospital in Lahore and therefore, people bring their animals here for treatment and expert veterinary advice……PICTURES AND WORK DETAILS ARE ATTACHED BELLOW………
BY DR MUHAMMAD SAFDAR, DVM SCHOLAR(UVAS), Lahore, Pakistan
E-mail: drmuhammadsafdar@yahoo.com