Clear overgrown vegetation/bushes around the home yy Prevent children from playing in the bush yy Cover exposed skin while moving in the bush yy Use pest control methods to clear insect colonies}<b>Rabies Post Exposure Prophylaxis</b><br>Post exposure prophylaxis effectively prevents the development of rabies after the contact with saliva of infected animals, through bites, scratches, licks on broken skin or mucous membranes. For further details refer to Rabies Post-Exposure Treatment Guidelines, Veterinary Public Health Unit, Community Health Dept, Ministry of Health, September 2001<br><b>Dealing with the patient</b><br>The combination of local wound treatment plus passive immunisation with rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) plus vaccination with rabies vaccine (RV) is recommended for all suspected exposures to rabies yy Since prolonged rabies incubation periods are possible, persons who present for evaluation and treatment even months after having been bitten should be treated in the same way as if the contact occurred recently yy Administration of Rabies IG and vaccine depends on the type of exposure and the animal’s condition<br><b>Treatment</b><br>ffLOCAL WOUND TREATMENT: Prompt and thorough local treatment is an effective method to reduce risk of infection ffFor mucous mebranes contact, rinse throroughly with water or normal saline<br><b>Administration of Rabies Vaccine (RV)</b><br>The following schedules use Purified VERO Cell Culture Rabies Vaccine (PVRV), which contains one intramuscular immunising dose (at least 2.5 IU) in 0.5 ml of reconstituted vaccine.