TAGBILARAN CITY (PIA) — At least three countries are now replicating the Bohol Rabies Prevention and Eradication Program (BRPEP), and using it in addressing rising rabies cases in their respective homelands.

Bohol Provincial Veterinarian Dr. Stella Marie Lapiz said an international non-stock non-profit organization called Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) is currently generating more funds to help implement the BRPEP in Morogoro, Tanzania; Chad, South Africa; and Nias, Indonesia.

Lapiz said the GARC is partly helping Bohol fund its continuing rabies control and elimination program and at the same time helping other countries provide sustainable solution to the rabies health issue.

The effectiveness of the BRPEP banks on community mobilization particularly the help provided by the village rabies watch teams to initiate rabies prevention activities and immediately respond to rabies cases and arrest its spread, said Lapiz.

Apart from active community involvement, the program also requires extensive dog vaccination to achieve zero-rabies in the province.