Rabies -- Israel
The World Health Organization (WHO) has notified a rabies immunisation protocol developed by Omesh Bharti, 49, a government doctor in Himachal Pradesh, as the new global standard. The procedure, successfully tested on thousands of dog and monkey bite victims in the past 5 years, brings down the cost of treatment from Rs 35 000 [USD 545.65] to Rs 350 [USD 5.46] per patient!
The existing treatment involved injecting patients with the rabies vaccine and rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) extracted
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5604913&promed&0
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