Anti-rabies drive gets P500 million budget 0 SHARES Share it! The Bureau of Animal Industry had previously aired the optimism that the Philippines is set to achieve the ASEAN target of becoming a rabies-free country by 2020. Defensor, a former Quezon City congressman, disclosed that the P500 million anti-rabies campaign budget is provided in the 2020 allocation for the DOH, as indicated in the Lower House version of the 2020 General Appropriations Bill. Though not a leading cause of mortality in the country, rabies still kills some 300 Filipinos every year, according to the DOH. “Local governments are duty-bound under the law to conduct periodic mass vaccinations of dogs, establish databases for registered and inoculated dogs, control homeless and unvaccinated dogs and conduct public information drives to prevent and control rabies,” Defensor said.

Source: Manila Bulletin September 28, 2019 12:33 UTC