Knowledge And Practice About Rabies Among People Attending Rabies Clinic In Government Medical College Jalaun

Introduction; Rabies is a vaccine-preventable viral disease which occurs in more than 150 countries and territories. India is endemic for rabies except Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands and accounts for 36% of the world’s rabies deaths. Dogs are the source of the vast majority of human rabies deaths, contributing up to 99% of all rabies transmissions to human. Rabies deaths in human are 100% preventable through prompt and appropriate medical care. Aims and objectives; To assess socio-demographic profile, characteristics of animal bite and practice about Rabies in study participants. Material and methods; A cross sectional study was conducted in Government Medical College, Jalaun, between august and September 2023. All the study participants coming to rabies clinic were included in study following inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data was collected using a predesigned, pretested semi structured questionnaire and analyzed by using appropriate statistics test. Results; In our study, animal bite was more in male as compared to female and most of bite occurred in age group of 21-49 years .70% participants were bitten by dogs while 22.75% were bitten by monkey. Most of bite by animal was street animal (83.64%). Regarding practice following bite, 50.9% were using running tap water while some were using antiseptic cream, turmeric and chili on wound. Conclusion; To raise awareness amongst people regarding rabies and guide them to take appropriate practice following animal bite.