Quiricada St

Jul 20, 2024 | thelancet.com | Chris Smith |Keppel Street |Quiricada St

Dear Editor,The recent tragic death of a 13-year-old girl from rabies once again highlights the persistent and urgent public health challenge posed by this preventable, neglected tropical disease in the Philippines. Jamaica, a young girl from Manila, was bitten by a stray dog and, out of fear and misunderstanding, hid the incident from her parents. Two months later, on April 6, 2024, she died from encephalitic rabies, a universally fatal disease after symptom onset.