DKI Provincial Government Improves Vaccination Services And Sterilization Of Rabies Animals

Veterinarians check the health condition of a dog at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FKIK) Satya Wacana Christian University (UKSW), Salatiga, Central Java, Saturday (17/6/2023)/ANTARA PHOTO/Aloysius Jarot Nugroho/tom)

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has improved free rabies vaccination services and sterilized Rabies Transmission Animals (HPR) to maintain the status of DKI Jakarta Province as a rabies-free area.

"Rabies vaccination is targeted by dogs, cats, monkeys, and civets in a sustainable manner and control the population through HPR sterilization," said Head of the DKI Jakarta Marine and Agricultural Food Security Service (KPKP) Suharini Eliawati as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, July 5.

Based on data from the DKI KPKP Office, the total coverage of rabies vaccination in the DKI Jakarta area and the Animal and Livestock Health Service Center (Pusyankeswannak) of the DKI KPKP Service, from January to June 2023 there were 20,423.

"There are 6,408 dog vaccinations, 13,802 cats, 129 apes, and 84 civets," said Suharini.

Meanwhile, the realization of HPR sterilization resulted from the collaboration between the DKI KPKP Service and the Indonesian Veterinary Association (PDHI) of the DKI Jakarta branch, practitioners, veterinary clinics, and the animal lover community in cats as many as 2,680.

Meanwhile, HPR sterilization by the DKI KPKP Service Health Center on cats was 852.

Through the Instagram account @dkpkp.jakarta, the DKI Jakarta KPKP Office explained that rabies is one of the main infectious animal diseases (zoonosis) and has always been a public health problem.

Since 2004, DKI Jakarta status is a rabies-free area set by the Decree of the Minister of Agriculture Number 566/Kpts/PD.640/10/2004 concerning the Statements of the Provinces of DKI Jakarta, Banten and West Java Free Rabies.

However, DKI Jakarta Province is still a high risk area for rabies transmission, because it borders areas that are not yet free of rabies and high traffic for Rabies Infectious Animals (HPR) to the DKI Jakarta area.

Previously, the DKI Jakarta Health Office said that in June there were an accumulation of 1,733 cases of BitahHPR in DKI Jakarta, which rose by 206 cases out of a total of 1,527 cases in May 2023.

The report comes from a total of five hospitals, namely two referral hospitals in DKI Jakarta, 2 hospitals, and 1 private hospital in Jakarta. The case of the bite comes from cats, dogs, monkeys, monkeys and bats.

Based on data from 194 hospitals (RS) and 44 sub-district health centers in DKI Jakarta in 2023, Ngabila said, there were no cases of positive rabies and death from the animal bite, but only the number of people who died from animals.