Although
timely administration of vaccines and necessary treatment following a dog or
cat bite can prevent death from rabies, infections and fatalities from this
preventable disease continue to rise across Bangladesh.
Despite the government’s
commitment to achieve zero human rabies deaths from dog bites by 2030, actual
figures reflect an alarming upward trend. Rabies claimed 42 lives in 2023,
which increased to 58 in 2024 and 59 in 2025.
During the
first eight months of the year, repo...
