In the Province of Bulacan, two municipalities conducted a Municipal Rabies Committee Meeting spearheaded by the Provincial Veterinary Office. Pulilan Rabies Committee Meeting was held on the 23rd of February while Guiguinto Rabies Committee Meeting was held on the 24th of February.
Both committees were attended by both the animal and human health side for Rabies Control and Prevention, namely, Municipal Agriculture Office, Municipal Health Office, DepEd (Representative), Rural Health Unit (Representative), Philippine National Police (Representative), Office of the City/Municipal Mayor (Representative) and the Municipal Council for Agriculture Association of Barangay Captains (Head). The meeting’s agenda was to get an overview of the situation of the animal and human rabies in Bulacan and key project areas such as in Guiguinto and Pulilan.
To be able to achieve a “One Health Approach” to rabies elimination, all concerned agencies were informed regarding the existing control and preventive measures that both veterinary and medical health side are implementing including policies. All agencies also gave inputs on how to improve and further strengthen different rabies control and prevention given that we are already in a “New Normal” due to the Pandemic. Though this was a first for both municipalities, all agencies agreed that this would not be the last and agreed upon a monthly meeting for continued collaboration.
Here are the actual pictures of the 2-day Committee Meeting:
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| Guiguinto Rabies Committee Meeting |
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Pulilan Rabies Committee Meeting
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As part of the support to have a successful and effective committee, the JAPOHR project will provide laptops and speakerphones to the municipalities. In this way, online meetings and communications will be easy and fast. Pulilan, Guiguinto MHO and MAO were the first to be awarded with the said units.
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| Pulilan MHO and MAO received the laptop and speakerphone |
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| Guiguinto MHO received the laptop and speakerphone |
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| Guiguinto MAO received the laptop and speakerphone |
