Anti-Rabies Vaccine in Sindh.

Byline: ALI GUL LEGHARI - Dadu

There is immense shortage of anti-rabies vaccine at globe level. After China, India is only country to produce ARV vaccine in the Asia and Pakistan imports the vaccine from India but the increasing political tensions between the two countries have affected the supply of anti-rabies in Pakistan.

The prevalence of dog bites in Pakistan is extremely high. This year, the number of dog-bite cases have gone up to 69000 in Sindh Province resulting death of 6 people due to unavailability of vaccine in due time. This is an alarming situation and needs to tackled on urgent basis. Recently, a child from Larkana died due to the unavailability of anti-rabies vaccine. The Accordingly to his relatives, they went to the hospital but the Doctors said currently the vaccine is not available. An 11 years' child who suffered from dog bite was brought to Karachi from Thatta and died within few hours. Like this, many cases regarding dog-bite and unavailability of vaccine in hospitals are reported in the newspaper on daily basis...