Islamabad [ Pakistan ], September 28 (ANI): An estimated 1,000 people, mostly children, die every year from rabies , despite the availability of life-saving treatment, Dawn News report ed on Sunday.

Mohammad Irfan Habib, Medical Director, ChildLife Foundation, told Dawn that rabies is an acute tragedy in Pakistan 's rural and low-income communities, as the children there are frequently bitten by stray dogs. With delayed or inaccessible treatment, preventable death s take place.

"The tragedy is particularly acute in Pakistan 's rural and low-income communities, where children are frequently bitten by stray dogs while playing or walking to school. Delayed or inaccessible post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) often leads to preventable death s," he said as per Dawn.

"Rabies does

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