Hydrophobia elimination

Mass Dog Vaccination campaign begins Feb 10

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) is going to launch a hectic campaign to make the city free from hydrophobia very soon. As part of the move, the RCC will observe a five-day Mass Dog Vaccination (MDV) campaign from February 10 with the main thrust of eliminating hydrophobia by 2022.

The city corporation has already done an animal micro-planning to make the campaign a total success. The RCC authorities revealed this information at a daylong advocacy workshop held in its conference hall here on Wednesday.

The city corporation organised the workshop in association with Communicable Disease Control Operation Plan under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Chief health officer of RCC Dr AFM Anzuman Ara Begum and deputy programme manager of Zoonotic Disease Control Programme in DGHS Dr Umme Rumman Siddiqui presented two separate keynote papers depicting causes of the disease along with its preventive and precautionary measures.

The meeting was chaired by RCC Panel Mayor Shariful Islam Babu The health experts unanimously emphasised the need for creating mass awareness to prevent hydrophobia. They also put stress on conducting a massive dog vaccination campaign to control rabies virus.

Hydrophobia elimination

Mass Dog Vaccination campaign begins Feb 10

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) is going to launch a hectic campaign to make the city free from hydrophobia very soon. As part of the move, the RCC will observe a five-day Mass Dog Vaccination (MDV) campaign from February 10 with the main thrust of eliminating hydrophobia by 2022. The city corporation has already done an animal micro-planning to make the campaign a total success. The RCC authorities revealed this information at a daylong advocacy workshop held in its conference hall here on Wednesday. The city corporation organised the workshop in association with Communicable Disease Control Operation Plan under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Chief health officer of RCC Dr AFM Anzuman Ara Begum and deputy programme manager of Zoonotic Disease Control Programme in DGHS Dr Umme Rumman Siddiqui presented two separate keynote papers depicting causes of the disease along with its preventive and precautionary measures. The meeting was chaired by RCC Panel Mayor Shariful Islam Babu The health experts unanimously emphasised the need for creating mass awareness to prevent hydrophobia. They also put stress on conducting a massive dog vaccination campaign to control rabies virus.