India has sent 10,000 doses of rabies vaccine and 2,000 vials of rabies immunoglobulin to Timor-Leste to help the island nation tackle a rabies outbreak, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Monday.

India also reaffirmed its role as a trusted and reliable health partner to the Global South.

In an X post, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “India has dispatched an urgent consignment of 10,000 doses of rabies vaccine and 2,000 vials of rabies immunoglobulin to Timor Leste, to assist in combating an outbreak. India remains committed to being a trusted health partner & reliable #FirstResponder to the Global South.”

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Timor-Leste reported its first human rabies case in March 2024. Following that, the WHO provided the country’s Min

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