Vaccinating 60 Million Dogs Annually or 25 Million Newborns – Indian Dilemma

Omesh Kumar Bharti

Omesh Kumar Bharti State Epidemiologist, State Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5178-1503

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Abstract

How to cite this article:
Bharti O K. Vaccinating 60 Million Dogs Annually or 25 Million Newborns – Indian Dilemma. APCRI J. 2024;26(1):1-2.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/0973.5038.202402

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