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Lopez is encouraging local government units to take advantage of the assistance provided by the
government to control the occurrence of rabies. These include mass vaccination, dog control measures,
as well as dog spaying and castration.
The National Rabies Prevention and Control Committee kicks off today the Rabies Awareness Month in
Payatas, Quezon City to increase public awareness on the importance of collaborative efforts to eliminate
rabies in the country.
Lopez said that for this year, BAI has allotted a minimum of P40 million to support rabies control
operations in local government units.
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), meanwhile, is turning over 300,000 doses of rabies
vaccines for special programs in rabies prone areas

SITUATIONAL UPDATE OF RABIES

Rabies remains to be the most acutely fatal infectious disease claiming 200-250
lives of Filipinos every year. At least one-third of human rabies deaths are among
children less than15 years of age and two thirds of the total cases are males. The
high cost of anti-rabies vaccine and immunoglobulin, expenditure for medical
consultations and the loss of income are an additional burden to a regular Filipino
family confronted with a potential rabies exposure.

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In May 2007, the Philippine government passed a law calling for the control and elimination of
human and animal rabies, setting penalties for those who violate the law and setting aside funds for
its implementation. The goal is to eliminate human rabies cases by 2016, and make the Philippines
rabies-free by 2020. The BAI is the lead agency in the national rabies prevention and control
program..

Hundreds of E. coli strains are harmless, including those that thrive in the intestinal tracts of humans and
other warm-blooded animals. These strains are part of the protective microbial community in the intestine
and are essential for general health. Other strains cause serious poisoning in humans by making a toxin
called Shiga toxin. These bacteria are called Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, or STEC for short. The most
commonly identified STEC in North America is E. coli O157:H7, according to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC estimates that 265,000 STEC infections occur each year in the
United States. Approximately 36 percent of these infections are caused by E. coli O157:H7.

Cattle are the main sources of E. coli O157:H7, but these bacteria are also in other domestic and wild
mammals. The bacteria often cause bloody diarrhea and can lead to kidney failure, especially in young
children or in people with weakened immune systems. Most illness has been associated with
contaminated food or water, contact with an infected person, or contact with animals that carry the
bacteria.

In addition to E. coli O157:H7, there are other serotypes of E. coli, named enterohemorrhagic E. coli, that
cause the same serious illnesses. Other forms of E. coli that cause diarrheal disease include:

Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) is a leading bacterial cause of diarrhea in the developing world. Each year,
about 210 million cases and 380,000 deaths occur, mostly in children, from ETEC, according to the World
Health Organization. ETEC is the most common cause of traveler's diarrhea and affects troops deployed
overseas.
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) is a bacterial cause of persistent diarrhea that can last 2 weeks or more.
It spreads to humans through contact with contaminated water or infected animals and is common in
developing countries. In industrialized countries, the frequency of these organisms has decreased, but
they continue to be an important cause of diarrhea, according to CDC.