Study Suggests Dog Vaccination More Cost-Effective Than Child PrEP for Rabies in Kerala

A new modelling study published in The Lancet Regional Health states that comprehensive dog vaccination would prevent far more rabies deaths in Kerala than routine child PrEP.

Scaling up dog vaccination to 70% coverage could reduce human rabies deaths by 83% and potentially eliminate the disease within three years.

Researchers noted that universal child PrEP would add millions to healthcare costs while yielding minimal mortality reduction given Kerala's high post-exposure prophylaxis coverage.