The 2nd GARC-WAP rabies stakeholder workshop under the auspices of the Pan-African Rabies Control Network (PARACON) focused on providing a select number of West African countries with directed support in terms of using and implementing the existing rabies control tools developed by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) such as the:
Kansas City, USA
Bangkok, Thailand
International Alliance for Biological Standardization
Mombasa, Kenya
Ranchi, India
San Jose, Costa Rica
The XXIX Rabies in the Americas (RITA) Conference will be held October 28 – November 2, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. More details and registration are now available at www.ritaconference.org.
The Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network (NNN) 2018 summit, will be hosted by the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health and NGO partners, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The 2nd PARACON meeting was a joint meeting with the World Health Organisation (WHO), with participation from both Anglophone and Francophone countries of sub-Saharan Africa as well as several international experts from around the world.