Boyd Cerro, DOH-8 regional sentinel nurse told reporters that his office has recently received the initial tranche of P2.1 million for the anti-rabies campaign donated by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through the World Health Organization. He added that the amount from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is more than P10 million spread over 5 years which is also the time frame of the campaign for anti-rabies in the region.
Cerro said that with the fund for the program, his office is ready for the intensified campaign primarily to increase awareness on the part of the people on the deadly effect of rabies and to possibly eliminate rabies in the region.
He said that the initial fund released to DOH-8 will be used for the advocacy campaign in the region in coordination with the local government units from the six provinces and four cities in Eastern Visayas.
He is optimistic that with the intensified campaign against dog bites there will be an increase in awareness about rabies and a decrease in rabies cases in Eastern Visayas.
He added that Eastern Visayas is one of the regions in the country with high number of cases of rabies. He further added that Eastern Visayas ranked number seven as of last year among all regions in the country with 17 rabies cases broken down into: 4 cases in Samar, 3 in Northern Samar, 2 in Eastern Samar, 6 in Leyte, and 2 in Southern Leyte.
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