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September 28th

World War Belief Day is held annually on September 28 at the initiative of the Global Rawhound Control Alliance with the support of the World Health Organization.

Rabies is an acute natural focal infection and poses a serious threat.

Almost all kinds of mammals are sick with rabies. The Republic of Belarus is one of the countries where for a long time the rabies virus among animals more often spread wild carnivorous, with a high density of their settlement.

There is an increase in the number of cases of rabies among animals in the Gomel, Brest and Vitebsk regions, and a decrease in the number of cases in the Grodno, Minsk and Mogilev regions. In the city of Minsk, 1 case of the disease of a cat's rabies is registered.

The largest specific gravity falls on wild animals – 47.1% of cases. The structure of sick animals, as before, is dominated by a fox (79.6%). From wild animals, homemade (dogs and cats), as well as agricultural animals (cattle, liver, horses and other herbivores) are infected. The incidence of rabies among pets (dogs and cats, including hopeless) increased by 39.7%. In most cases (82.7%), animals who had owners, however, were not vaccinated against rabies (who did not instill their pets against rabies) were frantic.

The number of persons who applied to the healthcare organization of the republic for the provision of anti -back assistance for 6 months. 2016, compared with the same period in 2015, increased by 4.3% (by 437 people), due to contact with patients with rabies of animals – by 23.1% (by 61 chalk) and amounted to 325 people. In general, 10,670 people applied for anti -rabid help, of which 2971 (27.8%) are children under 18 years of age. At the same time, 66.5%of the victims turned to the dogs, 28.3%with cats, with wild animals – 2.9%, with agricultural animals – 2.3%.

8154 to persons (76.4% of all those who applied, in 2015-68.6% of all who turned) were prescribed medical and preventive vaccinations against rabies.

Persons, by the nature of their activities with a risk of infection with rabies (performing work on capture and the content of hopeless animals working with a wild rabies virus, veterinarians, workers of Boena, taxisodermists, hunters, foresters, rangers) are prophylactic immunization against rabies. In only 6 months of this year, 2757 people are vaccinated with a preventive purpose.

Reference: rabies is a deadly disease which can be warned. In the arsenal, medical workers have fairly effective drugs (vaccine and immunoglobulin), they form protection against rabies with a timely (the score (the score goes to the clock) to see the doctor (surgeon, traumatologist).

Rabies can be warned by knowing and fulfilling simple rules of conduct.

It is necessary to comply with the established rules for the maintenance of pets (dogs, cats) and annually, without fail, bring their pets to a veterinary station at the place of residence for conducting preventive vaccinations against rabies.

It should be emphasized that with an animal’s disease, a change in his behavior, he injuries from another animal, as well as in the event of the death of a pet, it is necessary to contact a veterinarian to establish 10 day observation of the animal or to clarify the cause of his death.

Children often suffer from damage caused by animals, so it is necessary to constantly carry out explanatory work with them.

Try to avoid unnecessary contacts with animals, especially wild and/or hopeless. You should not play with unfamiliar dogs, cats and other animals.

It is not recommended to select in the country, in the forest, etc. wild animals.

Not only bites and scratches are dangerous to humans, but also the outburst of damaged skin and mucous membranes applied to the patients or suspicious to rabies of animals.

In the same cases when contact could not be avoided, necessary :

• Conduct primary processing of the wound – thoroughly rinse the wound surface for at least 15 minutes. a stream of water with soap;
• Process the edges of the wound with 5% tincture of iodine;
• apply a sterile bandage and immediately contact a medical institution.

Unfortunately, a person who is ill with rabies cannot be cured. Treatment is reduced to facilitating the general condition of the sick. Due to this, It is the prevention of rabies that acquires extremely important importance .

The great scientist Louis Pasteur belongs to the honor of creating a rabies vaccine, successfully applied for the first time on July 6, 1885. Then, thanks to vaccination, a boy, bitten by a crazy dog, was saved.

Vaccinations to this day remain the only reliable means of protecting people after contact with the animal. However, the effectiveness of immunization directly depends on the timely (within a day) treatment for medical help.

In no case should you refuse the prescribed treatment and arbitrarily interrupt it. This can lead to tragic consequences. The vaccination course, taking into account the results of observing pets (dog or cat), can be reduced by decision of the doctor if the animal is healthy during the observation period.