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RABIES INFECTION AND TREATMENTS IN BANGLADESH (Pages : 103 - 111)

Studies were conducted on Rabies Infection and Treatments in Bangladesh with the objectives of knowing the level awareness and knowledge of persons with animal; anti-rabies vaccines available for animal bites; to identify socio-economic status of ARV users; and to obtain data on animal bites, anti rabies treatment. The research was conducted at the Institute of Public Health (IPH) and data were collected using a parameter and treatment guideline on the awareness regarding rabies medicals, socio-demographic information to access, knowledge about concerned animal bites. The results showed that the victims of vaccine needed come from more than 44% IPH as vaccine collector for their own needs. 33% parents came to collect vaccine for their children and 11% relatives of which 54% was of rural farming community. It was observed that 76% of the victims were poor. The vaccine collectors answered that about 59% animals attacked suddenly, 33% animals attacked after provocation and 8% during feeding. About 65% victims came with bite and scratch. After attacked 57% of the victims immediately washed the wound by soap water, 32% took primary treatment and 31% took indigenous treatment. Regarding indigenous treatment they took help of mouth air (jhar-fook), plate treatment (thala-pora), water treatment (pani-pora), molasses treatment (gur-pora), ayurved and others. In terms of other- two victims from Dhaka answered that they eat raw red meat to prevent rabies. Almost half (50%) of the animal bite victims were known about the imported vaccine. The main source of government supply vaccine was from IPH, 93% of the vaccine collectors had chosen the ARV produced in IPH. The knowledge and costs of vaccine collectors showed that more than 85% vaccine collector gave choice for IPH vaccine. It may be recommended from the study that the Rabies treatment in Bangladesh should be more wide specially in rural areas from government supplies of the vaccines. The school students and the agriculturaDownload