Availability of anti-rabies vaccine and rabies immunoglobulin in Indian health facilities: a nationwide cross-sectional health facility survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ensuring the uninterrupted availability of the anti-rabies vaccine (ARV) and rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) in health facilities is crucial to achieve the global target of zero dog-mediated human rabies deaths by 2030. This study aimed to estimate the availability of ARV and RIG across health facilities in India.

Methods

We conducted a nationwide health facility-based, cross-sectional study across 60 districts selected by multistage probability sampling from 15 Indian states. In each district, we selected nine health facilities. We interviewed staff involved in the rabies control program in each of the selected health facilities, and abstracted and physically validated information on the availability of ARV and RIG.

Findings

Of the 534 health facilities survey

SUBMITTER: Krishna NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12205764 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature