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Soi Dog Foundation was proud to welcome the Director-General of the Department of Disease Control Dr. Tares Krassanairawiwong,

Health experts have warned there is no cure for rabies once symptoms of the infection appear, contradicting false posts in Myanmar that advise people not to go to the hospital and instead cure themselves by chewing on the root of an elephant apple tree. Experts say rabies -- usually spread through a bite or scratch from an infected animal -- is nearly always fatal once clinical signs appear but its onset can be prevented with immediate medical care.

Soi Dog Foundation is working with Local Administrations towards making Phuket the first rabies-free province in Thailand.

The pandemic meant several new Gavi vaccine programmes in lower-income countries had to be paused. Following a Board decision this week, these programmes are back on. 

Phuket-based Soi Dog Foundation, whose stray animal CNVR programme (Catch, Neuter, Vaccinate, Return) is the largest of its kind in the world, has endorsed the recent announcement by Department of Dis