Dr Melanie F. Pescadilla City Veterinarian City Government of Bais, Negros Island Region Philippines
Dr. Melanie Flores-Pescadilla is currently the City Veterinarian City of Bais, Negros Island Region Philippines. Diplomate and Board of Director, Philippine College of Veterinary EpidemiologyShe’s the Immediate Past President of the Provincial, City and Municipal Veterinarians League of the Philippines (PCMVLP) from 2024–2025. She is known for her grassroots approach to animal health, biosecurity policy, and disaster response leading local animal welfare and public health initiatives. She is leading local animal health, population control, and rabies elimination programs. Key Initiatives and Leadership MAMABATAPA Project, spearheads the "One Health Zero Rabies by 2030: MAMABATAPA Project in Negros Oriental aligning local health, agriculture, and veterinary offices to tackle animal bites and rabies through a unified inter-local approach. Implemented microchipping in Negros Island Region to track companion animal populations and encourage responsible pet ownership. She is now leading an Inter-Agency Collaboration coordinating closely with regional health units, neighboring municipalities and cities and animal welfare groups in the Philippines to conduct mass vaccination drives and population management. Credited with pioneering evidence-based biosecurity frameworks and local veterinary codes in Bais City to protect smallholder swine farmers. Public Health Advocacy: Active speaker on One Health approaches, rabies prevention, and integrating community health workers into localized disease surveillance.