Supply of Oral Vaccination against Rabies in Turkey
Priority area
Agriculture and Rural Development
Beneficiary
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Duration
38 months
January 2019 – March 2022
EU contribution (Euro)
13.700.000
Brief description of the project and main objectives
It is to reduce the risk of disease in regions where rabies disease is common.
Location
A total of 225,000 square kilometers of wildlife habitat in the Aegean, Southeast, East, and Central Anatolia regions
Achievements / expected outputs
Placing vaccinated baits in an area of 225,000 km2 twice a year for 3 years
Decreasing cases of rabies transmitted from wildlife closer to zero
85% reduction in rabies incidence in vaccination sites
