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Brief Operational Summary 2019

About WVS & Mission Rabies  Based in Cranborne, Dorset, UK and registered in the UK & US  Working synergistically to facilitate disease elimination programmes and champion animal welfare  Practically focused and privately funded (grants & donations)

WVS provides:  Veterinary parcels of medication and equipment  Vet teams  Disaster Emergency Response  Vet training (ITCs)  Outreach projects To registered not-for-profit organisations

What WVS Do  Aims to provide a fast and effective veterinary response to animals in need all over the world, assisting other animal welfare charities and sanctuaries to promote the highest level of animal welfare  We act as a central veterinary resource offering free care to animals around the world by supplying teams of vets, nurses, medicine and equipment in places no one else can.

Our Biggest Achievements…  We currently support over 850 charities worldwide  In 2018 alone, we: Sent out 1,056 aid Treated parcels 65,687 Sent out animals 133 vet teams

Our International Training Centres  Native and international vet training  Hands-on experience of soft tissue surgery and spay/neutering  Real-life, challenging cases  Brand new environment, culture and country  Gain practical and professional skills  Gain confidence in veterinary techniques

ITC India (Ooty)

ITC Goa

ITC Thailand

Some recent rescues! Chom Deuan was left paralysed after being hit by a car, but now walks again thanks to WVS Thailand! Apple went from this… to this! Half The team at the BSPCA in Malawi her face had been eaten away by removed a large tumour from this maggots when she arrived at WVS. dog! This Thai dog had a tumour the size of a man’s fist.

What Mission Rabies do  We run mass canine vaccination, community education and surveillance programmes in global rabies hotspots in line with the global goal to eliminate dog bite mediated human rabies deaths by 2030!  Together with our partners like the US CDC, we develop novel approaches to rabies elimination which are published in peer-reviewed journals

Where we work Goa, India Uganda Ghana Cambodia Thailand Blantyre, Malawi Sri Lanka Tanzania

What is rabies?  Rabies is a deadly virus – it is almost 100% fatal  It is a zoonotic disease and can affect any mammal – reservoir species are often dogs, raccoons, skunks, monkeys, bats  The virus is present in the saliva of affected animals  When an animal bites another, virus enters the wound and attaches to nerve ending  Infection can also occur if saliva enters the body through broken skin or contact with mucous membranes  Travels up nerve to central nervous system

Effects on the patient  When the virus reaches the brain, the symptoms begin. By then it is too late to save the patient.  Two types: furious vs dumb (paralytic) rabies  Symptoms include:  Inability to swallow (not eating/drinking)  Confusion  Aggression  Change in voice/bark  Drooling saliva  Incoordination  Paralysis  Coma  Death (within 1-2 weeks)

Key Stats  Majority of people who die are low-income socioeconomic status  30-60% of victims are children under 16years 1  Access to post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is variable in many parts of the world - often prohibitively expensive (31 days wage average Asian, 51 days average African) 2  Estimated global cost €8.6billion (3.7 million DALYs) 3  In many endemic countries rabies is not notifiable, no organised in-country surveillance and very little investment in control programmes 1 Bulletin of the WHO; Vol 87, No 12, Dec 2009, 885-964 2 WHO Expert Consultation on Rabies 2013 3 Hampson K, Coudeville L, Lembo T, Sambo M, Kieffer A, Attlan M, et al. Estimating the Global Burden of Endemic Canine Rabies. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015;9: e0003709. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003709

Our impact in India 66 positive (6 months) 17 - tested at NIMHANS symptomatic 0 Goa human rabies laboratory cases diagnostics 0 human 0 surveillance diagnostics 0 government supported dog vaccinations

Our impact in India 39 positive (6months) Lab capacity in DIU 2 human deaths PM facilities 1.5 Lakh children, 7,000 teachers taught about rabies 96,000 government Human rabies supported vaccinations diagnosis

Mission Rabies achievements Dogs vaccinated: 1,200,000 Children educated: 2,450,000

Thank you!  For more info:  Call us on +44 (0) 1725 557225  Email me at fred@missionrabies.com