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Rabies deaths recorded in India far lesser than estimates from ICMR-led study

The Health Ministry’s Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme-Integrated Health Information Platform is a disease surveillance system, while the Registrar General of India’s Medical Certification of Cause of Death captures medically certified causes through civil registration — this absence of a complete national count underscores the gaps in India’s rabies mortality surveillance

· 10/4/2026, 2:27:54 PM· 2 min read
Rabies deaths recorded in India far lesser than estimates from ICMR-led study
The Health Ministry’s Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme-Integrated Health Information Platform is a disease surveillance system, while the Registrar General of India’s Medical Certification of Cause of Death captures medically certified causes through civil registration — this absence of a complete national count underscores the gaps in India’s rabies mortality surveillance
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