[0]March is Rabies Awareness Month and September 28 is World Rabies Day!

Rabies is 100% fatal viral disease affecting the nervous system of humans and animals. It remains a serious public health problem in the country which causes the death of between 200 - 500 Filipinos annually, and the Philippines ranked No. 6 among the countries with the highest incidence of rabies in the world. A three-pronged approach – dog immunization, responsible pet ownership and dog-bite victim immunization – is still recommended for all government units to control rabies in their areas of responsibility.

The rabies prevention and control program received its needed boost when President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed into law the Republic Act No. 9482 [0](An Act Providing for the Control and Elimination of Human and Animal Rabies, Prescribing Penalties for Violation Thereof and Appropriating Funds Therefore) on May 27, 2007. This next three years, the Department of Health, Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Animal Industry, local government units and partner agencies will advocate for the full implementation of the law nationwide. The battlecry is “SUMUNOD SA BATAS RABIES”. Meanwhile, the said agencies are also gearing up their efforts towards the goal of declaring the Philippines as Rabies-Free by the 2020.

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