 Banaangu alikua na hitua chaos manzi handonda, alikua mutumuzuri sana, aliniwa mwa kwa 1985, alini tunza vizuri sana, sasa wakati banaangu alia ga dunia, lishi maisha mangumu sana. Simeswa anga 1985, alipatana naka umba kadoko kwanjia, aka chukua, aka leta nyumbani. Aka niyambia, uyo umba alimu uma kwa hamukono maali. Sasa atuli bimali sana miye simi tatu, aka hanza kukombleni kitua, kitua kila wakati. Osipitalitu ka henda aka pima, diyondakita limu jaka muangalia, aka munjaribu na maji, kwa tabu. Ka muambia ajaribu kukunya iyo maji, aka hanza kuhongopa maji, aka sema awesi kunya maji. Uyondakita limu jaka, nika maami ona sainsi sana Rebis. Manda kitali wakati wambia, sasa ikifika apu, atatumi penda awa, aiki musaidiya. Tuli po rudi sana kumina muangalia tukapata amaia ga dunia. Rebis is a zoonotic disease, is spread by animals and so specific dogs, whether they are roaming around or if these dogs have their owners, once they buy someone, if they are infected they will spread the disease to that particular person. And if no intervention is given within the shortest time possible, then we always say Rebis is a very fatal disease. Rarely do we have people surviving from Rebis positive dog, which has beaten someone. We should care because we use dogs for many purposes and we can do away without them. For example we use them for security purposes, we use them as our pets. And by so doing it means we are at a high risk of being infected once they have the disease within them. The situation of Rebis in the Machakos County, I would say we get most of our patients, they have dog bites. So I would say most of them present in the peripheral hospital, that is the Spencer and Health Centre. And those who present in the level 4 and the level 5 hospital, you find that those ones have already developed complications. But what it means to the county, it means that we are not doing enough of community awareness under dog bites, how to prevent it, especially in terms of vaccinating our dogs. So as a county we need to focus more on the prevention of Rebis in the community. In Rebis control, when we talk about mass dog vaccination, we need to cover 70% of our dog population. That is feriki. The meteorologicality has been proved that when 70% of the dog population is covered, then we are safe. And that's the only time that we can say that any dog bite will not resort to Rebis in the population. For this project we have got a partnership right from inception towards implementation. We have got Illry as one of the primary partners. And the county government of Machakos to the Directorate of Veterinary Services Machakos County as co-implementers of this project. And I'm glad that ORECA project is a driving initiative to bring together the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Veterinary Services in Machakos County, as well as other relevant stakeholders to see to it that this project of Rebis control has been embraced. It has been owned by Machakos County government and the people themselves who are the beneficiaries really impressed this project as something that is going to promote their health. The biggest takeaway for me from the dog bite training was the importance of surveillance after managing the patient, the importance of follow-up and the importance of working together the medical team and the vet team. So now after the training we are able to follow up and also inform the community to prevent the father's pride of the bites from the community. The second biggest takeaway was RIG, the administration of Rebis immunoglobulin and also how it is given. We used to give it poorly. But after the training we are able to know which patient requires RIG that is Rebis immunoglobulin and how it is supposed to be administered. I would want to extend my gratitude to the elderly organisation for the training that they offer to our staff. I can say as of now in matters of treating of Rebis disease in our county that is for the level 4 and the level 5. Our staff are very confident in terms of treating and even to the public health awareness creation health education has already started so we appreciate that support. We also need to increase funding to the directorate so that we can purchase enough resources to control Rebis. The other thing that we can do is to increase the number of partners who can support us in Rebis control in the county. One health is a model that is becoming very popular where we bring in all the prayers when it comes to disease control. It's not only in Rebis but in all infectious diseases. We look at all the stakeholders who are concerned for consultation and collaboration. At the end of the day if we have health animals then we are sure that the health of human beings is guaranteed.