World Journal of Vaccines
Vol.5 No.3(2015), Paper ID 58107, 11
pages
DOI:10.4236/wjv.2015.53014
Success Story of a Low Cost Intra-Dermal Rabies Vaccination (IDRV) Clinic-Lessons Learnt over Five Years of 12,000 Patient Vaccinations “Without Failure” at DDU Hospital Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
—“Saving a Drop of Rabies Vaccine and Immunoglobulins” 12 Innovations to Make Himachal Pradesh Rabies Free State by 2020
Omesh Kumar Bharti, Shampur Narayan Madhusudana, Ashok Kale, Pyare Lal Gaunta, Laxman Singh Chaudhry, Jitender Kumar, Nirmal Gupta, Dropda Shyam
Faculty Epidemiologist, State Institute of Health & Family Welfare, Parimahal, Shimla, India
Professor of Neurovirology, Head, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Rabies, Department of Neurovirology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India
Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Dr. Ulhas Patil Medical College & Hospital, Jalgaon, India
Rtd. Sr. Medical Superintendent, DDU Hospital, Shimla, India
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, India
Rtd. Sr. Medical Superintendent, DDU Hospital, Shimla, India
Staff Nurse, Anti-Rabies Clinic and Research Centre (ARC&RC), DDU Hospital, Shimla, India
Multi Purpose Health Worker (MPW) previously at Anti-Rabies Clinic and Research Centre, DDU Hospital, Shimla, India
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How to Cite this Article
Bharti, O. , Madhusudana, S. , Kale, A. , Gaunta, P. , Chaudhry, L. , Kumar, J. , Gupta, N. and Shyam, D. (2015) Success Story of a Low Cost Intra-Dermal Rabies Vaccination (IDRV) Clinic-Lessons Learnt over Five Years of 12,000 Patient Vaccinations “Without Failure” at DDU Hospital Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
—“Saving a Drop of Rabies Vaccine and Immunoglobulins” 12 Innovations to Make Himachal Pradesh Rabies Free State by 2020.
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