Air pollution in India has quietly become one of India’s most serious public health challenges. For decades, it has been treated primarily as an environmental concern, but a
Mass dog vaccination in India is becoming an increasingly important part of India’s strategy to eliminate dog-mediated rabies. A recent initiative by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)
Oral rabies vaccination in India is emerging as an important strategy for controlling dog-mediated rabies and reducing preventable human deaths. Despite the availability of effective vaccines, rabies continues
The BBMP, the administrative body of the government in Bangalore, announced in 2025 a combined vaccine scheme for street dogs, integrating it with the ongoing Anti-Rabies Vaccine (ARV)
Bengaluru is accounting for four of these deaths. The health department has recorded nearly 66849 cases of dog bite as of February 2025. Dog bites are notifiable. Reporting
In India, for the majority, vaccination is almost synonymous with the vaccination of children. However, among the older population, mortality due to pneumonia is so common that it
