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The Food and also Agriculture Organisation (FAO) the other day claimed that 1,500 Nigerians pass away of rabies related disease yearly.Dr Ayo Majekodunmi, National Coordinator, FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary and Animal Diseases (ECTAD), made this known throughout a seminar arranged for trainees in Abuja.The occasion was to honor the 2021 World Rabies Day with the motif “Rabies: Facts not Fear”. Majekodunmi claimed that regarding 59,000 deaths worldwide are children that go to very high danger of having rabies, because they are most susceptible to getting attacked by dogs.He stated that canines, cats, human beings, cattle, apes and any warm blooded pet can be infected by rabies or could transfer it.She stated it is crucial to enlighten the youngsters that are at danger to comprehend how the disease is sent, just how it can be protected against as well as what they need to do if they are bitten by any kind of animal that is thought of rabies infection.She stated that rabies is 100 per cent avoidable by inoculation.”Apart from immunizing our pet dogs and also pet dogs, humans can additionally be immunized.”We advise the inoculation not only for dogs as well as other animals but also for humans who are in occupations where they are at greater threat, such as vets, hunters and also other individuals who touch with the pets,”she said.Majekodunmi claimed that there is also another kind they call the message exposure inoculation.”This is the treatment that you get if you have actually been attacked by a pet or any type of other pet presumed to have rabies.”The bite should be promptly cleaned with soap as well as water for 15 mins to rinse the saliva of the animal as well as the rabies virus.”Also quickly look for treatment to protect against obtaining contaminated with the condition,”she said.Speaking on the access of the vaccine, while keeping in mind that rabies vaccine is primarily offered as a whole health centers and main healthcare centres, she regreted that Nigeria does not have much of the vaccine.She nonetheless reiterated the need to improve the amount of injection that is available in the country.She advised individuals to be sensitised on how rabies is transferred as well as what they can do to stop it.”Because as soon as we understand the reality, know the devices that we require to maintain ourselves and our animals secure, we no more require to fear rabies”, she said.Dr Olaniran Alabi, Director of Veterinary and Pest Control Services of FMARD, in his comments, said that the department would certainly continue to support states with vaccines.He stated that the division would likewise support with various other resources to fulfill the target of removing dog-mediated human rabies by the year 2030 as set by WHO, OIE and FAO.Alabi stated the seminar was important to enlighten college ambassadors because it would certainly help them hand down the details amongst their peers as children are one of the most susceptible team.”The illness thrives in reduced to middle revenue countries of Africa as well as Asia affecting primarily youngsters as a result of lack of knowledge.”In Nigeria, over one million persons are at risk of exposure to rabies infection with canine attack as most of them are unlicensed, unvaccinated as well as allowed to roam easily”, he said.World Rabies Day is marked annually around the world on September 28.