Blantyre City Mass Vaccination Drive Year 3 Report 22nd April 24th May
Plan Week 1 22nd 26th April Week 2 29th April 3rd May Week 3 12th 17th May Week 4 20th 24th May 44 Static Point vaccination sites across the city of Blantyre. Working ward by ward from the west of the city to the east of the city. The same successful vaccination strategy employed since 2015 using a combination of static points and door-to-door vaccinations was used this year. Education teams precede the vaccination teams using a combination of community sensitisation and school lessons to teach people and children about rabies and to advertise the upcoming vaccination
campaign. Week 1 8,850 Dogs Vaccinated Static Points Date Sat 22nd April Sun 23rd April Static Point Location Chemusa Assemblies pvt school Chileka Roundabout Chirimba PS Mbayani PS Namatete PS 9d Catholic Institute (CI) PS Mulunguzi PS Namasimba PS Namiwawa PS Samaritan trust St James catholic PS (Chilomoni) 2015 582 471 814 774 499 3140 273 529 645 306 116 305 473 2647 2016 552 755 524 576 670 3077 377 808 699 809 117 312 534 3656 24th to 26th April 4,524 dogs were entered by 22 sub-teams walking door-to-door. This map shows every dog and cat entered on the Mission Rabies App across 3 walking days, illustrated by different colour dots for each day. Dogs 17 436 861 511 596 484 2888 308 678 587 686 160 435 609 3463 17 506 912 611 664 504 3197 373 764 628 781 167 465 670 3848
Week 2 8,908 Dogs vaccinated Static Points Date Sat 29th April Sun 30th April Static Point Location Chitawira PS Kapeni Demo School Nkolokoti PS Zingwangwa LEA school Chilobwe police station Chinchiri PS Kachere Market Kanjedza PS Makhetha PS Manja PS Namame school St Kizito PS 2015 494 890 1370 729 3483 465 81 307 506 281 564 544 138 2886 2016 363 1099 1108 634 3204 872 109 267 624 446 644 621 170 3753 Dogs 17 381 1199 1047 583 3210 674 85 251 572 446 557 497 177 3259 In addition the teams vaccinated 1,166 cats in the first week From 1st to 3rd May 2,447 dogs were vaccinated by the teams going door to door. The teams worked incredibly hard and succeeded in covering all the high population density areas near the week 2 static point sites. 1,156 cats were vaccinated at static points and on door to door work in week 2. 17 413 1339 1151 670 3573 736 106 294 637 492 589 568 198 3620
Week 3 8,546 Dogs vaccinated static Points Date Sat 13th May Sun 14th May Static Point Location Makata PS Nanjiriri PS Ndirande Hill PS Nyambadwe PS South Lunzu CDSS Kameza PS Namalimwe PS Namilango PS South Lunzu PS Makata day 2 Nanjiriri PS day 2 2015 11498 113 423 767 493 13294 272 847 709 497 2325 2016 1095 1041 441 706 735 4018 240 889 699 411 192 95 2526 Dogs 17 995 911 419 767 471 3563 185 591 605 585 324 147 2437 17 1184 999 479 839 507 4008 230 681 689 646 412 160 2818 An additional 2,546 dogs were vaccinated by the teams going door to door and saw 2795 already vaccinated dogs. The teams completed the areas quickly and were able to cover some of the area s missed in week 1.
Week 4 7,774 Dogs vaccinated Static Points Date Sat 20th May Sun 21st May Static Point Location Bangwe Catholic School Chigumula PS Chisombezi PS Mapanga Misesa PS Mpingwe PS Namatapa PS Bangwe CCAP school Chigumula clinic Mzamba PS Naizi (Namyango) PS Bangwe Catholic School 2015 1017 389 257 224 394 458 550 3289 447 240 196 866 2016 799 557 289 119 416 536 505 3221 473 288 161 1060 1749 1982 Dogs 17 759 544 312 153 733 502 431 3434 646 327 180 930 166 2249 17 862 611 349 177 778 536 489 3802 768 398 232 975 205 2578 The green area in this map acted as a trial site for static point only vaccinations. There was no door to door work in this area. The teams successfully completed the walking zones that remained from previous weeks. An additional 1982 dogs were vaccinated and 3,586 data points entered.
Overview We have vaccinated slightly less dogs this year compared to last year. One area of the city was used as a trial site for static point only vaccinations and teams didn t go door to door in these areas. Additionally we have seen significantly fewer puppies and more neutered animals compared to last year. This is testament to the hard work of the WVS and BSPCA teams. 2016 38.11% 32.61% % neutered adult % neutered female 23.09% 32.07% 8.01% 12.02% % neutered male 34.79% 44.40% % puppies
Education Since the beginning of April, when the citywide education drive started 64,382 children were educated in 26 public schools. 432 teachers were also present during these lessons and they will be able to answer questions in the future and could refresh the information given to the pupils later on. The teams are doing an amazing job being out spreading the word about our work every day. On days during the school holidays or when exams are held the education officers are visiting public places and attend meetings arranged by ward councilors to talk to adults about the dangers of rabies and to advertise the static vaccination points. When there are no meetings they just move around in vehicles and on foot, delivering loudspeaker announcements or just chatting to people on the streets or when they are out working in the field. 137,635 children educated 53 schools 3,086 teachers educated
Sensitisation
WVS / Mission Rabies Synergy The synergistic work between the Mission Rabies vaccination teams and the WVS surgical team is continuing to prove to be a brilliant team work and it has been very motivating for the staff members and volunteers that so many injured dogs they come across cane be helped straight away. During weekends the WVS team has been setting up field clinics at primary schools and severely injured dogs are taken there straight away for surgery or treatment. Non emergency cases are either taken to the BSPCA/WVS clinic for treatment during the following days or the owners are asked to bring their dog there during the next week. During the week, when the MR teams are walking door to door they are contacting Dagmar and Jo in the office who are then asking Difence to ring the owner of the dog, who is then arranging pick up of the animal, depending on the severity of the injury. The most common injuries during the first two weeks were broken legs requiring amputations (five legs have been amputated so far), severe wounds (one was a puppy which head was sliced open by a Machete) and many TVTs (some very severe). The TVTs are responding very well to Vincristine and we are seeing big improvements even after the first injections when they are coming back one week after. We have also treated several dogs which were neutered last year for other injuries and it s nice to see that the abdominal tattoos are very well visible one year after they were done. 374 Dogs sterilised in 10 days! 8 leg amputations, 5 enucleations.
Dogs that have benefitted from the help of WVS/BSPC A clinic