The Government of Mizoram on May 09, 2023, issued a notification regarding declaring Rabies as a notifiable disease in the State
The following has been stated namely: -
• It states that Rabies is one of the oldest recognized Zoonotic diseases with extremely high fatality rates. It causes extremely painful deaths where the patient suffers painful spasms and dies of extreme thirst and hunger because of hydrophobia. However, timely and appropriate Post Exposure to Prophylaxis can easily prevent this fatal disease.
• It states that it aims to ensure early diagnosis, case management, treatment, and reduction of transmission, and for preventive, control, and elimination measures of Human Rabies and to achieve the WHO goal of zero deaths due to Human Rabies in 2023
• It further directs all the Government and private health facilities (including the Medical College) to immediately report all suspected, probable, and confirmed cases of 'Human Rabies' by following the 'Guidance Document for Rabies as a notifiable Disease' issued by the National Rabies Control Program, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India to the Chief Medical Officer of the concerned district with a copy to the State Nodal Officer, National Rabies Control Program / IDSP to the official Email [email protected] in the format prescribed which is attached and marked as Annexure-1 and Annexure -2.
[Notification No. D.33011/19/2020-HFW (ZCP)/177]
