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Nigeria: Rabies is 100% preventable, NVMA chair advocates mass vaccination

Nigeria: Rabies is 100% preventable, NVMA chair advocates mass vaccination

Africa Links 24 with Paul Omorogbe
Published on 2024-09-28 19:47:30

The chairman, Lagos State Chapter, Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), Dr Mark Ofua, has used the occasion of this year’s World Rabies Day to call for action in tackling rabies which he described as deadly but is 100 percent preventable.

Dr Ofua noted that through measures such as mass vaccination, public awareness campaigns, collaboration across sectors and reaching rural areas, the scourge of rabies can be put in check.

He said, “As we mark World Rabies Day 2024 today, the…

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