Luanda, 19 Feb-(ANA)-A mass animal rabies vaccination scheme is under way in Angola after the deaths of 71 children from the disease in its capital over the last three months.
Local authorities in Luanda have also been rounding up stray dogs and cats.
Rabies is a viral infection that affects the nervous system, transmitted to humans in saliva when they are bitten by an infected animal.
Doctor Elinda Ferreira, who works at a paediatric hospital in the capital, appealed for dog owners to get their animals vaccinated.
Angola, which is rich in oil and diamonds, is in a period of reconstruction after 27 years of civil war.
One in four children in Angola die before their fifth birthday - one of the worst child mortality rates in the world. (ANA)
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