SUKKUR: The health department and Taluka Municipal Administration in Sukkur on Friday jointly initiated a campaign against stray dogs to eliminate in Sukkur.
According to District Health Officer, Dr Muneer Ahmed Mangrio, the health department with the collaboration of Taluka Municipal Administration has started the campaign in all union councils of the Sukkur.
He said that the concerned teams would visit every village and take measures to eradicate the mad dogs. He appealed to the citizens to cooperate by pointing out the dwellings of stray dogs in their respective areas.
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Earlier, the Sindh local government ministry has finalized its fight against rabies and population control of street dogs’ programme, however, the achievements yet to be achieved.
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in Pakistan, rabies is endemic but not a notifiable disease.
The disease shows no signs of abating in Karachi because of factors ranging from the lack of surveillance systems and collaboration between different government-run hospitals and departments to limited access to up-to-date rabies vaccines and immunoglobulin.
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