GARC, in collaboration with REDISSE, assisted the State Government's rabies surveillance efforts through the use of the Rabies Case Surveillance (RCS) tool on the GARC App - ensuring that each rabies can quickly and easily be identified before it's analyzed on the Rabies Epidemiological Bulletin (REB).
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
2018: SARE assessment at a PARACON meeting
2017: SARE assessment at a PARACON meeting
Nigeria SARE assessment_PARACON 2017.xlsm
2016: SARE assessment at a PARACON meeting
Nigeria SARE assessment_PARACON 2016.xlsx
2015: SARE assessment at a PARACON meeting
Nigeria SARE assessment_PARACON 2015.xlsx
Epidemiological Data
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In-country Capacity Building
November 2023
Cross River State
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.
October 2022
Kaduna
GARC staff provided a virtual training session on the Rabies Vaccination Tracker (RVT) tool using the GARC App for professionals working for Rabies Free Zaria.
September 2022
Federal Capital Territory
GARC staff provided a virtual training session on the Rabies Vaccination Tracker (RVT) tool using the GARC App for professionals working for Biosoft Veterinarians.
March 2022
Abuja
Stakeholders from Nigeria came together in a truly One Health manner and have completed a virtual SARE workshop. During the online SARE workshop - attended by participants from the various sectors of the country - the government assessed their progress towards rabies elimination and generated their rabies elimination work plan.
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)
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)