Zanzibar

GARC supported the implementation of another strategic island-wide mass dog vaccination campaign. To this end, GARC donated 10,000 doses of rabies vaccine and expertise to ensure the success of the campaign. In addition, the Rabies Vaccination Tracker (RVT) tool was implemented to ensure quick and easy data collection by all vaccinators.

To increase dog owner participation during the 2022 mass dog vaccination campaign in Zanzibar, dogs were given bright collars that indicated that they had received their annual rabies vaccine. In February 2023, a knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) survey was conducted across the island to determine the benefits of using dog collars during vaccination campaigns. You can get all the details and more data by reading the full scientific study available here.

GARC provided ongoing support to the Animal health professionals in Unguja by assisting with the rolled-out of the Bite Case Tracker (BCT) and Rabies Case Surveillance (RCS) tools across the island to improve data reporting and outbreak response.

Animal health professionals in Unguja were trained in the implementation of the Rapid In-field Diagnosis and Epidemiology of Rabies” (RAIDER) toolkit to improve rabies surveillance across the island. In addition, GARC supported the implementation of the RAIDER toolkit by supplying high quality lateral flow devices for the diagnostic screening of samples in the field.

GARC supported the implementation of a second strategic island-wide mass dog vaccination campaign. To this end, GARC donated 13,000 doses of rabies vaccine, GARC Data Loggers and expertise to ensure the success of the campaign.

GARC further supported the island-wide strategic dog vaccination campaign through the provision of sets of animal handling equipment, training on the use of the equipment and additional offline educational training, which resulted in 16 people receiving their Animal Handling and Vaccination Certificate (AVC).

GARC facilitated an in-country SARE workshop that was attended by all of the relevant stakeholders from the country. In addition to completing the SARE assessment, the meeting focussed on the development of a unique short-term action plan for rabies elimination. 

GARC supported the implementation of a strategic island-wide mass dog vaccination campaign. To this end, GARC donated 10,000 doses of rabies vaccine, GARC Data Loggers and expertise to ensure the success of the campaign.

GARC undertook a refresher training on Integrated Bite Case Management for the rabies focal persons working across the island. The GARC Data Logger (GDL) - a custom developed rabies vaccination tracking device - was beta tested for the first time during a small-scale dog vaccination campaign.

GARC facilitated an offline GARC Education Platform (GEP) training workshops, which resulted in 21 people receiving their Rabies Educator Certificate.