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January 2025: GARC Data Platform Featured User
Our first featured GARC Data Platform user for 2025 is Neighbourhood Woof from India. Neighbourhood Woof has been using the Vaccination and Sterilization Tracker (VST) and Bite Case Tracker (BCT) tools to collect and visualize their rabies-related data in the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India over the course of the last 12 months.
GARC’s year in review: 2024
The GARC team has continued to deliver its mission to build capacity and support efforts to achieve dog rabies elimination globally. 2024 proved to be an industrious year with multiple milestones and noteworthy developments, new initiatives and successful collaborations marking the year.
Global Insights, Local Impact: The Reach of the GARC Data Platform
Due to the powerful data capturing, analysis and visualization capabilities of the GARC Data Platform, it is no wonder that our Platform is used by people around the world. Read more about the ever-expanding reach of the GARC Data Platform and its tools.
The Communities Against Rabies initiative: building global capacity from the ground up
The Communities Against Rabies initiative continues to drive rabies elimination at the community-level through collaboration, coordination and capacity building of individuals and grassroots organizations. Learn more about what has been achieved since the launch one year ago inside!
Breaking Rabies Boundaries: A Record-Breaking World Rabies Day 2024
The theme of Breaking Rabies Boundaries perfectly captured this year’s unprecedented success for World Rabies Day (WRD) 2024. Across the globe, communities, advocates, and professionals joined forces to push the limits of rabies awareness and prevention, marking this year as the most impactful WRD yet.December 2024: GARC Data Platform Featured User
Our first ever featured GARC Data Platform user is the Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS) in Namibia who has been using the Rabies Vaccination Tracker (RVT), Education Initiative Tracker (EIT) and Rabies Case Surveillance (RCS) tools to collect and visualize their rabies-related data in the Northern Communal Areas of Namibia since 2018.
We are all heroes in the battle against rabies.
Join us in recognizing the unsung heroes in the battle against rabies by nominating them for the World Rabies Day Awards and don’t forget to register your World Rabies Day event, making it part of a global movement dedicated to eliminating rabies through collaboration and community action.
Boosting Rabies Surveillance: Zanzibar’s Success Story with Rapid Diagnostic Kits
While rabies surveillance is crucial on the road towards rabies elimination, new and innovative methods are needed to improve existing surveillance systems. The implementation of the Rapid In-Field Diagnosis and Epidemiology of Rabies (RAIDER) toolkit resulted in increased surveillance and sample submission in Zanzibar.