GARC supported the Animal Aider Project with the Vaccination and Sterilization Tracker (VST) tool on the GARC App.
Rabies Elimination Progress
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.
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Epidemiological Data
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In-country Capacity Building


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).

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.

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.

Network / Workshop participation:
Attended the "2nd GARC-WAP rabies stakeholder workshop under the auspices of the Pan-African Rabies Control Network (PARACON)" (More information)

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)

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.

Network / Workshop participation:
Attended the "2nd sub-Regional PARACON meeting" (more information)

Network / Workshop participation:
Attended the "1st sub-Regional PARACON meeting" (more information)

Network / Workshop participation:
Attended the "Inaugural Pan-African Rabies Control Network (PARACON) meeting" (more information)