While dog bites are a growing public health concern, treatment gaps remain at Urban Primary Health Centres (UPHCs) in Chennai.
There is limited awareness among the public about the availability of Anti-Rabies Vaccines (ARVs) at these facilities.
While some UPHCs do refer patients to other centres to prevent vaccine wastage at times, patients requiring Rabies Immunoglobulin (RIG) are referred to nearest government tertiary care centres as UPHCs are not supplied with RIG.
A few residents said they were unaware that the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) provided ARVs at its UPHCs and Urba
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