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Rabies action needs connected teams

Prevention and care have different roles.

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Health news editorial illustration for World Rabies Day Calls for Stronger Cooperation

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In this lesson: Identify prevention at the source and the need for individual assessment.

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Read and understand · 1/2Which action helps prevent infection at its source?

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Dog vaccination. The second paragraph explicitly identifies dog vaccination.

Clue: Dog vaccination helps prevent infection at its source. People may still need urgent medical assessment after a possible rabies exposure.

Read and understand · 2/2What may a person need after a possible exposure?

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Urgent medical assessment. The second paragraph states the need for urgent assessment.

Clue: Dog vaccination helps prevent infection at its source. People may still need urgent medical assessment after a possible rabies exposure.

Grammar in this story: Need remaining despite prevention

may still need urgent medical assessment

“Still” shows that prevention efforts do not remove the possible need for individual care.

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Explain how prevention and care after exposure work together.

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Dog vaccination helps reduce infection at its source. A person with a possible exposure may still need urgent medical assessment, so prevention does not replace individual care.

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