CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -National Action Plan for Dog Mediated Rabies Elimination from India by 2030 | Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vision: To achieve zero human deaths due to dog-mediated Rabies by 2030. Mission: To progressively reduce and ultimately eliminate human rabies in India through sustained, mass dog vaccination and appropriate post-exposure treatment.

Detailed explanation-3: -India set the scene on World Rabies Day by launching its new National Action Plan for dog Mediated Rabies Elimination (NAPRE) by 2030. India is endemic for rabies and suffers approximately 36% of the world’s human rabies deaths1 transmitted by dogs.

Detailed explanation-4: -On the occasion of World Rabies Day today, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Shri Mansukh Mandaviya and Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and DairyingShri ParshottamRupala unveiled the National Action Plan for dog Mediated Rabies Elimination by 2030 (NAPRE) in the presence of Dr.

Detailed explanation-5: -Key facts. Rabies is a vaccine-preventable viral disease which occurs in more than 150 countries and territories. It causes tens of thousands of deaths every year, mainly in Asia and Africa, 40% of whom are children under 15 years of age.