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The beginnings of a new Rabies Epidemiological bulletin for Africa

Initial data from the country reports submitted to the Pan-African Rabies Control Network (PARACON) meeting in June have been made available on the PARACON website as a precursor to a more detailed online epidemiological bulletin for Sub-Saharan Africa.

The Rabies Educator Certificate takes off

The Rabies Educator Certificate was developed as a free online course to effectively disseminate accurate, life-saving information regarding rabies to at-risk communities throughout the world. In order to make the REC more accessible, French and Spanish versions of the online course have also been officially launched.

World Rabies Day “One Health Workshop” works towards rabies elimination in Haiti

As part of the "last mile" of rabies eradication in Haiti, US Army veterinarians are partnering with GARC, the government of Haiti and others in the development of a “One Health Workshop” as a part of Continuing Promise 2015.

A strategic approach to regional rabies elimination

The editorial for the July 2015 GARC newsletter

The Value of Translation – and a huge thank you

GARC and the global rabies community have always benefited enormously from the work of generous volunteers from within and outside the rabies field who have donated their time and talents to support improvements to our tools and their reach – from the information itself, to translation and proofreading.

Inaugural Pan-African Rabies Control Network (PARACON) meeting

The first PARACON meeting took place in Gauteng, South Africa in 9-11 June 2015. The meeting was executed in the form of an intensive, 3-day workshop, and delegates from 33 African countries attended as official representatives for their countries.

5 keys to bite prevention

A new resource in Spanish and Portuguese developed in partnership with World Animal Protection, PAHO and GARC

Updated Rabies Blueprints available in additional languages

GARC has expanded access to its newly updated Canine Rabies Blueprint – a comprehensive toolkit for developing rabies control programs – by providing translations of the website into Spanish and French, and added a french translation of the Rabies surveillance blueprint.

World Rabies Day 2015

GARC announces this year's theme is End Rabies Together and calls for people working to prevent rabies to register events to help raise the global profile of this neglected disease

The Great Adventure for Rabies Control

Dane Medina, a Communication Officer for GARC based in the Philippines recounts her recent visit to the project in Nias, Indonesia