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