Govt Aims for 70 Percent Rabies Vaccination Coverage in NTT
Indonesian govt is targeting rabies vaccination coverage of more than 70 percent in dogs in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) to achieve herd immunity.
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Indonesian govt is targeting rabies vaccination coverage of more than 70 percent in dogs in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) to achieve herd immunity.
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The 200,000 doses of rabies vaccine from Australia to Bali is part of the total 400,000 doses that were granted to Indonesia.
The Jakarta Health Agency recorded at least 1,527 cases of rabies-transmitting animal bites (GHPR) across the capital in 2023.
Bali administration has said that tourism in the province has not been affected by the revocation of visa-free entry and rabies outbreak.
The Ministry of Health is aiming to eliminate rabies in humans due to dog bite in Indonesia by 2030 through continuous mass dog vaccination.
Indonesia starts to intensify a series of activities on Rabies control in Sumbawa, in view of the upcoming International MXGP event in June.
Deputy Governor of Central Kalimantan says that rabies remains endemic in the province to date.
The Mataram city government have been struggling to respond to an increased demand to eliminate wild dogs amid a real threat of rabies outbreak.
Indonesia has been struggling to handle rabies in its different parts over the past years despite authorities` serious endeavor to deal with it.
In Dompu, West Nusa Tenggara Province, rabies has killed five people, amid ongoing efforts by the central and local governments to control it.
Ministry of Agriculture together with UN Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) held a vaccination training for field officers to control rabies.
Anies Baswedan has postponed Jakarta city`s program upon socializing the maintenance procedure for rabies-transmission animals.
This prevention is aimed to suppress the spread of rabies
virus which is transmitted by animals such as dogs, cats, and
monkeys.
Feline control operation in North Jakarta aims to anticipate
rabies outbreak
Suspicion arises because despite the government's effort to
achieve a free rabies status in Bali, new cases of rabies
infection continues to occur.
Bali Animal Welfare (BAWA) denies maintaining the rabies issue
so that they could have foreign fund loans.
Mass rabies vaccinations for dogs in Bali costs at least Rp5.7 billion every month.
The Bali provincial government will receive Rp15 billion from the Agriculture Department to help with the rabies eradication program.
The spread of rabies in Bali has not affected the number of tourists visiting the province. Nevertheless, Bali Tourism Board chairman, I Gusti Ngurah Wijaya, is insisting that the government and the people resolve this problem fast.