Table 4 Documents and policies on rabies control issued by China
From: Progress towards dog-mediated rabies elimination in PR China: a scoping review
Year | Source | Documents | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
1951 | GAC | A unified nationwide dog eradication led to a significant drop in the incidence of rabies [13] | |
1980 | MoH | Notice on the control and elimination of rabies | The Notice proposed Regulations for the Management of Domestic Dogs |
1984 | MoH, MoALF, MoPS | Opinions on Strengthening the Prevention and Control of Rabies | The Opinions clarified the division of labor and functions of the departments, and put forward countermeasures for dog management, dog extermination, dog and immunization [10] |
1989 | SCNPC | Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases | The administration of rabies prevention and control shall be handled by the departments of livestock, veterinary, health, and public security of governments at all levels under the provisions of the State Council |
1991 | MoH | Enforcement Measures for Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases | The measures provided for the management of rabies control |
1997 | SCNPC | Law on Animal Epidemic Prevention | The law included rabies in the management of class II animal epidemics |
2002 | MoA | Rabies Prevention and Treatment Standard | Animal rabies was included in one of the seven standards of major animal diseases |
2003 | MoH, MoPS, MoA, SFDA | Notice on Strengthening the Prevention and Control of Rabies | The Notice required to carry out work in response to the rise of the rabies epidemic |
2005 | MoH | National Rabies Surveillance Program | The program carried out national routine surveillance and set up national surveillance sites |
2005 | MoH, MoA | Cooperative Mechanism for Zoonosis Diseases Prevention and Control | The mechanism aimed to strengthen the prevention and control of zoonotic diseases and strengthen coordination and cooperation between departments |
2008 | MoH | Diagnostic Criteria for Rabies | Rabies was included as one of the mandatory diagnostic criteria for 14 diseases |
2009 | MoH, MoPS, MoA, SFDA | Present Situation of Rabies Prevention and Control in China | The document summarized the work of rabies prevention and control in China |
2009 | MoH | Rabies Post-Exposure Treatment Standard | The Standard provided guidelines and requirements for human post-exposure prophylaxis |
2012 | the State Council | National Medium and Long-term Animal Epidemic Prevention Planning (2012–2020) | The Planning put forward assessment standards, requiring that rabies prevention and control should be strengthened in key areas, dog registration management should be improved, comprehensive immunization should be implemented, and sick dogs should be culled |
2016 | MoH | Technical Guidelines for Human Rabies Prevention and Control | The Guidelines provided scientific guidance on rabies prevention and control to grassroots agencies |
2017 | MoA | National Animal Rabies Prevention and Control Plan (2017–2020) | The plan calls for improving the diagnosis, surveillance, and immunization system, promoting the gradual elimination of animal rabies |
2021 | SCNPC | (Revised) Law on Animal Epidemic Prevention | The revised law requires dog owners must ensure the animal is routinely vaccinated, and register the vaccination certificate |
2021 | MoARA | National Animal Epidemic Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation Plan | The Plan included rabies |