The rapidly emerging public health threat of rabies in Timor-Leste, 2024–2025

Filipe de Neri Machado; Joanita Bendita da Costa Jong; Florindo P Gonzaga; Felisiano da Conceiç; ã; o; Anthony DK Draper; Mateus Pinheiro; Frederico Bosco Alves dos Santos; Noel Gama Soares; Mariano Da Silva Marques; Aloto Ximenes Belo; Benigna Veneranda da Costa Amaral; Nazario Barreto dos Santos; Adriano Barbosa; Livia Natalia Babo; Joshua R Francis; Merita Antonia A Monteiro; Nevio Sarmento

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The rapidly emerging public health threat of rabies in Timor-Leste, 2024–2025

Author: Filipe de Neri Machado ¹ ; Joanita Bendita da Costa Jong ² ; Florindo P Gonzaga ³ ; Felisiano da Conceição ⁴ ; Anthony DK Draper ⁵ ; Mateus Pinheiro ⁶ ; Frederico Bosco Alves dos Santos ¹ ; Noel Gama Soares ¹ ; Mariano Da Silva Marques ¹ ; Aloto Ximenes Belo ¹ ; Benigna Veneranda da Costa Amaral ¹ ; Nazario Barreto dos Santos ¹ ; Adriano Barbosa ¹ ; Livia Natalia Babo ¹ ; Joshua R Francis ⁷ ; Merita Antonia A Monteiro ⁸ ; Nevio Sarmento ⁸
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1. Instituto Nacional de Saúde Pública de Timor-Leste, Comoro, Timor-Leste
2. Ministry of Health; Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Forestry, Government of Timor-Leste, Comoro, Timor-Leste
3. Directorate for Disease Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health, Lahane, Timor-Leste
4. National Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Dili, Timor-Leste
5. Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Bidau Lecidere, Timor-Leste; National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; Centre for Disease Control, Northern Territory Government Department of Health, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
6. Hospital Nasional Guido Valadares, Bidau, Timor-Leste
7. Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Bidau Lecidere, Timor-Leste
8. Instituto Nacional de Saúde Pública de Timor-Leste, Comoro, Timor-Leste; Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Bidau Lecidere, Timor-Leste
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: rabies; Timor-Leste; Comoro, Timor-Leste; Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University; Bidau Lecidere, Timor Leste
From: Western Pacific Surveillance and Response 2025;16(3):41-44
CountryWHO-WPRO
Language:English
Abstract: Timor-Leste was rabies-free until March 2024. Since then, detections in dogs and human cases have occurred in a growing number of municipalities. Access to vaccines and rabies immunoglobulin needs to be increased by strengthening vaccine supply, integrating into routine immunization programmes and increasing awareness of the risk of rabies.
Full text:2025121814105938220wpsar-16-1332 Machado FINAL.pdf