World Rabies Day Celebration in Bogor

The World Rabies Day this year is celebrated on September 28, 2008, bringing forth the theme “Working Together To Make Rabies History!TM”. The mission of World Rabies Day is to raise awareness about the impact of human and animal rabies, how easy it is to prevent it, and how to eliminate the main global sources.  In participation of WRD 2008, on September 20, 2008, Center for Indonesian Veterinary Analytical Studies (CIVAS) with support from students of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Bogor Agricultural University had conducted a sympathy act to campaign about the dangers of rabies to the public. The campaign gave out stickers and bookmarks containing information about rabies, its symptoms in animals, how to manage bite cases, and how to prevent it. The campaign was done in Bogor city, in three different locations, at Air Mancur, Tugu Kujang, and Ciawi.

A talk show on RRI-Bogor (Radio of the Indonesia Republic) will be held on September 26, 2008, as continuation of the campaign. The talk show will present three speakers, from CIVAS, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Bogor Agricultural University, and the Agribusiness Service Office of Bogor city.