Rabies prevention lesson plans, from Kindergarten to Grade 10, incorporated into the national school curriculum in the Philippines.
Department of Education, Philippines; Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC)
A team of rabies specialists from World Animal Protection in Africa and from Makueni County in Kenya traveled to the Philippines to evaluate the archipelago’s recent successes with their rabies control programs and to gather new ideas on rabies elimination.
A Philippine medical team recently conducted a combined rabies and leprosy awareness campaign, distributing pictographic flyers on rabies prevention while at the same time providing hygiene kits and medications for skin disease patients. The screening clinics took place on Palawan--the longest island and largest province in the Philippines.
Amparo ACB, Jayme SI, Roces MCR, Quizon MCL, Villalon EES, III, Quiambao BP, et al. (2018) PLoS ONE 13(7): e0199186.
Amparo ACB, Jayme SI, Roces MCR, Quizon MCL, Mercado MLL, Dela Cruz MPZ, et al. (2018) PLoS ONE 13(7): e0200873
Interactive, illustrated educational booklet to prevent dog bites and improve children's interactions with animals.
GARC/Netcare/WHO
Deray et al (2018) PLoSONE 13(1): e0189596.
Valenzuela et al. (2017) Front. Vet. Sci. 2017 Apr 24;4:54
Birhane et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Mar 21;10(3):e0004486. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004486. eCollection 2016.
Medina et al. Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines (2016) 2:22