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The Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research (RIVER) launched a mobile app to fortify rabies surveillance and reporting astatine an lawsuit held successful transportation with World Rabies Day.
The ‘Rabi-Track RIVER App’ was developed by RIVER successful collaboration with the Atal Incubation Centre, Puducherry Technological University.
Formally launching the app, Yasin M. Choudhary, Secretary, Animal Husbandry and Chairman of the Pondicherry Veterinary College Society (PVCS), stressed the value of adopting a ‘One Health’ attack for tackling the rabies disease.
A brochure successful Tamil highlighting the value of rabies and its prevention and power measures to beryllium disseminated among the assemblage was besides released connected the juncture successful the beingness of K. Murugavel, RIVER Dean.
Among the dignitaries contiguous were S. Govindarajan, Mission Director, Puducherry State Health Society, G. Latha Mangeshkkar, Director, Department of Animal Husbandry and Animal Welfare, S. Guneswari, State Nodal Officer (National Rabies Control Programme), IGGGH&PGI; V. Bhanu Rekha, Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, V.J. Ajay Kumar and M. Nithya Quintoil, Assistant Professor of Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology.
On the occasion, prizes and certificates were distributed to the winners of photography and abbreviated video contention connected rabies prevention held for students of Indira Gandhi College of Arts and Science. The inaugural aimed to prosecute students successful spreading consciousness among the public, a property enactment from RIVER said.
Technical sessions led by experts held subsequently covered a wide scope of topics including rabies immunization, carnal reservoirs, diagnostic techniques, and the objectives of the National Rabies Control Programme (NRCP). The sessions highlighted the value of timely vaccination and post-exposure attraction successful redeeming lives.
The observance was organised with backing enactment of the National Rabies Control Programme and the Puducherry State Health Mission. The lawsuit concluded with the screening of a rabies consciousness video produced by RIVER, focusing connected prevention, liable favored ownership, and assemblage practice towards achieving the nationalist extremity of eliminating rabies by 2030.
