Oplan Alis Rabies sa Diliman 2017
Mar 18, Mar 25, Apr 1, Apr 8
excerpted from Yay Topacio's 2015 article
[Photos by Joel Paredes]
A showcase of an effective
collaboration between the academe, government and private sectors is the
recently concluded OPLAN Anti-rabies Vaccination Drive conducted in the
various barangays in and around the UP Diliman campus sponsored by the UP
Beta Sigma Alumni Association, Inc. and fully supported by resident as
well as alumni brods in the US.
Held on the last two Saturdays of March and the first two Saturdays of
April, the vaccination drive was implemented in collaboration with the UP
Diliman administration under and the barangay
officials of the target communities. Major partners of the activity from
government/academe are the College of Veterinary Medicine- UPLB, the
Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) and the Office of the Mayor and the
Veterinary Office of Quezon City.
National Scientist and one of the pioneer brods in the UP college of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Teodulo M. Topacio Jr., through the Teodulo M. Topacio Foundation, Inc. (TMTJF) which he chairs, is the initiator and main proponent of this Anti-Rabies Vaccination program in the UP Diliman campus. According to Dr. Topacio, he proposed the implementation of this activity several years ago to address the growing concern on the spread of rabies in the country. He was particularly alarmed by the report that there were cases of human deaths from Rabies in the UP Diliman campus particularly in the residential communities surrounding the llways be at a risk in falling victim to this 100% fatal disease as there is no cure once symptoms appear.
Utos ni MALMON: Rabies - alis d'yan !!