RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAM

VISION:
TO DECLARE THE PHILIPPINES RABIES FREE BY YEAR 2022

MISSION:
TO ELIMINATE RABIES BY THE YEAR 2020

OBJECTIVE:
TO ELIMINATE RABIES AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMS WITH ABSENCES
OF INDIGENOUS CASES FOR HUMAN AND ANIMAL
AM COMPONENTS
xposure Prophylaxis
xposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
Education and advocacy campaign
g/Capability Building
g on National Rabies Information
(NaRIS)

shment of ABTCs by Inter-Local

Zone
DA joint evaluation and declaration of
-free areas/provinces
STRATEGIES, ACTION POINTS, AND TIMELINE
1. PROVISION OF POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS(RA 9482)
2. ABTC/ABC CERTIFICATION AS QUALITY PEP PROVIDERS-PHIC PACKAGE
3. PROVISION OF PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS(RA 1984)
4. STRENGTHEND IEC CAMPAIGN ON:
• RPO
• RA 9482 “THE ANTI-RABIES ACT OF 2007”
• EARLY AND PROPER MGT OF ANIMAL BITE
• PROMOTION OF DOG/CAT VACCINATION, POPULATION CONTROL AND STRAY ANIMAL
CONTROL
5. ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN: RABIES AWARENESS MONTH, WORLD RABIES DAY
6. TRAINING OF DOCTORS AND NURSES FOR ABTC MANAGER
7. DECLARATION OF RABIES FREE ZONE
8. INTEGRATION OF RABIES PROGRAM IN ELEM. CURRICULUM
9. POST-MORTEM REVIEW
10.SUPPORT OF DA ON DOG VACCINATION