Health experts and rights activists on Tuesday called for eradication of the neglected disease rabies which claims at least 2,000 lives a year.
They said that at least three people suffer dog bites a year across the country.
Sterilisation of stray dogs to control its reproduction could be an effective way to eradicate rabies from the country, they told a news conference at the office of the health department.
The health department organised the news conference to explain 'modern management on controlling dog bites and rabies.' organised by the health department at its office.
Director of disease control Benazir Ahmed said rather than culling stray dogs their reproduction control through vaccination could be the best way to eradicate rabies from the country.
He said it calls for an accurate statistics of stray dogs.
Health experts said that death is unavoidable once the symptoms of rabies are evident two weeks to six months after one is bitten by dog.
Benazir suggested dog bite victims to immediately wash the injury with alkaline soap.
He said the directorate of disease control had already organised training of physicians at the district level under rabies control programme.
Dhaka City Corporation would, said its chief health officer M NAsir Uddin, with support from NGOs take modern methods to control rabies.
He said that the city corporation would also take a programme to control reproduction of dogs through sterilisation.
Rubaiya Ahmed of Obhayaronno was present among others.
Source : New Age
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