THE NATIONAL LIVESTOCK ANIMAL WELFARE AND RABIES CONTROL TASKFORCE (NLAWRCT) WILL JOIN THE WORLD FOR THE GLOBAL ELIMINATION OF RABIES. THE NLAWRCT IS HOUSED IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE FORESTRY AND FOOD SECURITY (MAFFS) AND THE MEMBERSHIP CUTS ACROSS KEY STAKEHOLDERS OF STATE AND NON STATE ACTORS IN THE WELFARE OF ANIMALS, CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF RABIES IN DOGS, LIVESTOCK AND HUMAN.
THE EVENT CELEBRATION WILL THE FORM OF PUBLIC AWARENESS RAISING AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON RABIES AND WORLD RABIES DAY. VACCINATE, DE-WORM AND TREAT OWNED DOGS AGAINST MANGE, TARGETING 20,000 DOGS NATION WIDE.
A NATIONWIDE PUBLIC AWARENESS RAISING AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN USING MASS MEDIA (PRINT AND ELECTRONIC), MEGAPHONE FOR COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION. ORGANIZE SKITS AND PLAY ON RABIES, WORLD RABIES DAY AND DOG POPULATION MANAGEMENT. MATCH PASS USING BAN SETS AND OTHER TRADITIONAL DANCE GROUPS. TWO CLINICS WILL BE CONDUCTED PER DAY TO CARRY OUT VACCINATION AND TREATMENT AGAINST WORMS AND MANGE.
ONE TEAM OF SIX WILL WORK AT ONE CLINIC LOCATION AND THE OTHER TEAM WILL WORK AT THE OTHER CLINIC LOCATION IN DEFINED LOCATIONS IN EACH COMMUNITY. EACH TEAM WILL COMPRISES TWO ANIMAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN, TWO ANIMAL HEALTH ASSISTANT, ONE REGISTRAR AND AND ONE QUEUE CONTROLLER. ALL VACCINATED DOGS WILL BE GIVEN IDENTIFICATION MARK (COLLAR/TATTOED/ EAR NOTCHED) AND VACCINATION CERTIFICATES.
ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL BE PROTECTED AGAINST RABIES.