Abstract:
This community based descriptive study was carried out to determine the health seeking
behavior of people following an animal bite, their knowledge and attitudes towards rabies
and to evaluate the present immunization services for rabies control in the canine
population. This study suggest that immunization coverage and the knowledge on rabies can
be improved by carrying out a planned health education campaign prior to a mass
vaccination programme in the community, within the existing infrastructure of the
department of health services without added cost. Changing the times of service delivery too
can improve the coverage. It also identified that useful information can be obtained on
quality of services by developing simple tools.(eg. check list)
