GARC supported the Animal Aider Project with the Vaccination and Sterilization Tracker (VST) tool on the GARC App.
Rabies Elimination Progress
Latest SARE score:
1.5 (2022)
In-country SARE assessment done:
Yes
(2022)
The Stepwise Approach towards Rabies Elimination (SARE) is a practical planning, monitoring and evaluation tool to guide, develop and refine rabies control programmes. It provides measurable steps, designed as a logical flow of activities, to progress from Stage 0 to Stage 5, in efforts towards freedom from dog-transmitted rabies.
A SARE score of 1.5 out of 5 signifies a country where small-scale rabies control programs are in place and the country is working towards developing a national rabies control programme.
View past SARE assessments
2022: In-country SARE re-assessment
final_sare_re-assessment_ghana_2022.xlsm
2018: In-country SARE assessment
Ghana_In-country SARE assessment 2018.xlsm
2017: SARE assessment at a PARACON meeting
Ghana SARE assessment_PARACON 2017.xlsm
2016: SARE assessment at a PARACON meeting
Ghana SARE assessment_PARACON 2016.xlsx
2015: SARE assessment at a PARACON meeting
Ghana SARE assessment_PARACON 2015.xlsx
Epidemiological Data
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In-country Capacity Building
August 2023
Birim North
July 2023
Greater Accra
GARC assisted the National Government's mass dog vaccination campaign through the use of the Rabies Vaccination Tracker (RVT) tool on the GARC App - ensuring that each vaccinator can quickly and easily collect rabies vaccination data before it's analyzed on the Rabies Epidemiological Bulletin (REB).
March 2023
Ghana
Network / Workshop participation:
Attended the "Supporting rabies elimination in Africa through a One Health stepwise approach” workshop, which was jointly hosted by the FAO and GARC.
July 2022
National
GARC and APHA facilitated a virtual SARE re-assessment workshop. The SARE re-assessment ensured that the SARE assessment was updated to reflect the progress that had been made, and the accompanying work plan was revised to adjust the appropriate time frames and activities that still need to be completed.
November 2019
Ghana
Network / Workshop participation:
Attended the "2nd GARC-WAP rabies stakeholder workshop under the auspices of the Pan-African Rabies Control Network (PARACON)" (More information)
September 2018
South Africa
Network / Workshop participation:
Attended the "New WHO recommendations on human rabies immunization and results of Gavi’s Learning Agenda on rabies & 2nd international meeting of the Pan-African Rabies Control Network (PARACON)" (more information)
May 2018
Accra
GARC, CDC and the FAO facilitated an in-country SARE workshop to assess the current situation and develop a comprehensive short-term Workplan for the prioritisation of rabies activities. In addition, the GDREP tool, developed by the CDC, was used to determine the cost to control and eliminate rabies from the country.
September 2017
South Africa
Network / Workshop participation:
Attended the "2nd sub-Regional PARACON meeting" (more information)
June 2016
Cote d'Ivoire
Network / Workshop participation:
Attended the "1st sub-Regional PARACON meeting" (more information)
June 2015
South Africa
Network / Workshop participation:
Attended the "Inaugural Pan-African Rabies Control Network (PARACON) meeting" (more information)