Sierra Leone

Rabies Elimination Progress

Latest SARE score: 0 (2017)
In-country SARE assessment done: Yes
(2017)

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 0 out of 5 signifies that basic information on the epidemiology of the disease is being compiled and that rabies is recognized as an endemic disease.

 

2018: SARE assessment at a PARACON meeting
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2017: In-country SARE assessment
Sierra Leone In-country SARE assessment 2017.xlsm
2016: SARE assessment at a PARACON meeting
Sierra Leone SARE assessment_PARACON 2016.xlsx

Epidemiological Data

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In-country Capacity Building

November 2019
Ghana
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Network / Workshop participation:
Attended the "2nd GARC-WAP rabies stakeholder workshop under the auspices of the Pan-African Rabies Control Network (PARACON)" (More information)

November 2019
Freetown
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GARC assisted by the Sierra Leone government by uploading their 2018 - 2019 national dog rabies vaccination data (more than 13,000 records) on to the Rabies Epidemiological Bulletin. Once uploaded, the REB enabled the data to be mapped and visualised for future data-driven decisions.

September 2018
South Africa
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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)

January 2018
Freetown
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GARC provided diagnostic reagents and training for the direct, rapid immunohistochemical test (DRIT). This enabled laboratory staff to implement rabies diagnosis in Freetown, something that was not able to-date.

September 2017
South Africa
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Network / Workshop participation:
Attended the "2nd sub-Regional PARACON meeting" (more information)

February 2017
Freetown
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GARC facilitated an offline GARC Education Platform (GEP) training workshops,  which resulted in 38 people receiving their Rabies Educator Certificate.

January 2017
Freetown
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GARC facilitated an in-country SARE assessment in Sierra Leone with the Sierra Leone National Rabies Taskforce.

October 2016
South Africa
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Network / Workshop participation:


Attended the "Southern African Rabies Community" meeting (more information)