#1World Health Organization Conference on rabies 10-11 December 2015 In collaboration with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations With the support of GARC BALANCE SCOAT the time is now! Oie WORLD ORGANISATION FOR ANIMAL HEALTH#2World Health Organization Rubina O. Cresencio, DVM Acting Director IV, Bureau of Animal Industry IMPACT OF THE RABIES VACCINE BANK FROM THE RECIPIENT COUNTRY PERSPECTIVE: THE PHILIPPINES Maison de la Paix - Geneva, Switzerland - 10 - 11 December 2015 Oie WORLD ORGANISATION FOR ANIMAL HEALTH#3Legal Basis National Rabies Prevention and Control Program (NRPCP) Republic Act No. 9482 (Anti-Rabies Act of 2007) "An Act Providing for the Control and Elimination of Human and Animal Rabies, Prescribing Penalties for Violation Thereof and Appropriating Funds Therefor" Bureau of Animal Industry Anti-Rabies Act (RA 9482) and Its Implementing Rules & Regulations (IRR) DATE REPUBLIC DepED DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION the time is June 2008 now!#4Rabies-Free Philippines Under Section 4 of Republic Act 9482 - National Rabies Prevention & Control Committee DA Regional Field Offices Centers for Health Development NATIONAL RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL COMMITTEE (NRPCC) Bureau of Animal Industry Department of Agriculture (DA) CHAIR Disease Prevention and Control Bureau VICE-CHAIR Department of Health (DOH) Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Department of MEMBERS Education (DepED) Local Government Unit (LGU) Provincial/City/Municipal Veterinary Office Municipal Agriculture Office Provincial/City/Municipal Health Office Other members: Department of Environment and Natural Resources Non-Government Organizations ■ People's Organizations Academe Provincial, City and Municipal Veterinarians League of the Philippines (PCMVLP)#5Rabies Vaccination Strategy > Mass registration and vaccination of dogs > Objective: CIFE To cover 70% of the dog population for anti-rabies vaccination Provision of dog vaccines by the Department of Agriculture as mandated by Republic Act 9482 ● > Vaccination strategy . . ● Rabies vaccine requirement: 7 million doses Using 1:10 human-to-dog ratio to estimate the dog population Targeted dog population Based on 100 million Philippine population => 10 million dogs 70% of 10 million = 7 million dogs Yearly vaccination for three (3) consecutive years Vaccination to be done in the shortest possible time (1-3 months) the time is now!#6Sourcing of Animal Rabies Vaccines DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DA PHILIPPINES HEI NEWBLIC NT DEPAR Oie GARC GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR RABIES CONTROL rabiesalliance.erg REAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTR BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY (BAI) National budget for the NRPCP World Health Organization WHO Reimbursable Scheme DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Transfer of PHP 69.5 million pesos to BAI (2014) WORLD ORGANISATION FOR ANIMAL HEALTH OIE Rabies Regional Vaccine Bank for Asia GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR RABIES CONTROL Projects in two provinces and two cities OTHER SOURCING OF RABIES VACCINES the time is now!#7OIE Donation of Rabies Vaccines for Dogs Oie WORLD ORGANISATION FOR ANIMAL Year No. of Doses 2013 350,000 Funding European Union through the Regional Cooperation Programme on Highly Pathogenic and Emerging and Re-emerging Disease in Asia (EU-HPED) OIE STANDZ Rabies Project 2014 300,000 HEALTH OIE Rabies Regional Vaccine 2015 320,000 Bank for Asia 2016 320,000 Co-funded by the EU-HPED with complementary funding from the Australian Government Co-funded by the Australian Government (AusAID) the time is now!#8Significance of Rabies Vaccine Bank Will be able to reach vaccine requirement of 7 million doses for 2015 With the combined budget from DA and DOH, and through the WHO Reimbursable Scheme and OIE Rabies Regional Vaccine Bank mechanism A total of 4.2 million doses of rabies vaccines delivered so far as of 1 December 2015 ➤ Readily available supply of rabies vaccines in the region ➤ Vaccines delivered within a short period of time ➤ Assured of a dedicated supply of vaccines for the OIE STANDZ Rabies project pilot areas the time is now!#9World Health Organization Thank you Rabies-Free Philippines ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ■ Dr. Emelinda L. Lopez Animal Health and Welfare Division Bureau of Animal Industry ■ Dr. Mary Joy N. Gordoncillo OIE Sub-Regional Representation for South East Asia (Bangkok) Oie WORLD ORGANISATION FOR ANIMAL HEALTH