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Selected Theme 2013: Vaccination
“Vaccination to prevent and protect”
April 27 was World Veterinary Day and GARC is proud to have supported the occasion by collaborating with various partners in mass vaccinations of dogs in the Philippines.

Vaccinating dogs from rabies protects them from the disease but it also has an vital public health value. This is because dogs are a ‘reservoir’ of the disease and the main source of transmission to people.

Unvaccinated dogs pose a threat to people’s health. By comparison, vaccinated dogs offer people protection from the disease because their presence prevents non-vaccinated dogs moving into the area.

Vaccination clinics are also a part of the World Rabies Day events (September 28). And, materials which support veterinarians to remind owners of the importance of keeping their animals shots up to date are available free in the Resources section of our website, here.

The Philippine Veterinary Medical Association organized vaccination events in Eastern and Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao regions, with support from the local government, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Health, Pedigree, WSPA and GARC.

February 2013
Issue 31
Full issue contents:
• Bohol paper published
• OIE vaccine bank
• WHO report on NTDs
• Palawan rabies education workshop
• Deborah Briggs' Purpose Prize
• CARe project ends
• Dogs, zoonoses and public health
• Fox rabies blueprint
• Images of WRD
• Advice for travellers
• Resources in Innu-aimun language
• Upcoming conferences

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OIE has donated 50,000 rabies vaccines to Lao PDR through its Regional Vaccine Bank for Asia supported by the European Union’s regional cooperation programme on Highly Pathogenic and Emerging and Re-emerging Disease in Asia (HPED). The vaccine bank is managed by the OIE Sub-Regional Representation in Bangkok.

“Today it is unacceptable that thousands of people and animals die of rabies each year while we have efficient control methods available; the Regional Vaccine Bank for Rabies was developed because dogs are responsible for more than 95% of human cases and vaccination is an effective way of controlling the disease at the source” OIE Director General, Dr Bernard Vallat commented. “This first delivery is definitely a milestone for OIE and for the European Union who supports our fight against the disease in the region,” he added.

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