Table 1.
Program data on activities and incidence of dog bites and rabies cases, program funding, and volunteers.
| Year | Rabies vaccine doses given | Nos. surgical sterilizations | No. of sick/injured animals treated | No. of public awareness events | Dog bite incidents | Suspect human rabies cases reported | Suspect animal rabies cases reported | Fondation Brigitte Bardot funding (Euro) | Government of Sikkim funding (Euro) | Vets Beyond Borders volunteers (weeks) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1 | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2 | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005/2006 | 1,400 | 830 | n/a | n/a | 853 | 4 | n/a | 12,410 | 0 | 81 |
| 2006/2007 | 7,006 | 4,942 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 | n/a | 109,000 | 70,000 | 103 |
| 2007/2008 | 8,514 | 5,618 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0 | 63,981 | 57,400 | 115 |
| 2008/2009 | 7,523 | 4,364 | n/a | n/a | 2,320 | 0 | 0 | 70,000 | 58,212 | 111 |
| 2009/2010 | 4,941 | 2,797 | n/a | n/a | 1,082 | 0 | 0 | 23,000 | 71,400 | 79 |
| 2010/2011 | 16,807 | 3,283 | 611 | n/a | 1,334 | 0 | 2 | 21,600 | 28,000 | 42 |
| 2011/2012 | 18,611 | 4,060 | 1,123 | n/a | 1,348 | 0 | 0 | 20,500 | 74,200 | 47 |
| 2012/2013 | 17,466 | 2,947 | 1,581 | 72 | 3,315 | 0 | 0 | 14,500 | 74,900 | 92 |
| 2013/2014 | 23,669 | 4,289 | 2,245 | 120 | n/a | 0 | 0 | 13,000 | 61,600 | 39 |
| 2014/2015 | 23,706 | 4,300 | 1,925 | 86 | n/a | 0 | 4 | 18,000 | 21,000 | 39 |
| 2015/2016 | 24,571 | 5,487 | 2,304 | 190 | n/a | 2 | 2 | 22,976 | 62,300 | 40 |
n/a, not available. Dog bite data provided by Sikkim Department of Health include potential rabies exposure associated with animals such as drinking milk from a cow bitten by a dog or jackal.