5.1 Pre-exposure prophylaxis

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Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is a course of rabies vaccination administered to protect a person from getting rabies before exposure to a rabid (or suspected rabid) animal/any other mode of exposure to the rabies virus.

  • Anti-Rabies Vaccine (ARV)
    • Intradermal:
      Dose: 0.1ml/ dose at 2-sites, 2-0-2-0-0 at 2 site for 2 doses on Day 0 and Day 7
    • Intramuscular:
      Dose: 1 vial 1-0-1-0-0 at a 1 site for 1 dose on Day 0 and Day 7

Indication: Service providers in Rabies case management, laboratory professionals and caregivers for infected dogs and humans.

Table 1. WHO recommended PrEP vaccination schedules using the intramuscular (IM) or intradermal (ID) regimen.1