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Kerenza Chats with Champions: Dr. Rey Del Napoles on changing mindsets and eliminating rabies
Dr. Rey Del Napoles shares his journey in rabies control, highlighting the power of education in changing mindsets. He recalls a man who, after attending an awareness session, not only brought his dog for neutering and vaccination but also encouraged his neighbor to do the same. These small yet impactful shifts in behavior are key to building safer, healthier communities and ultimately eliminating rabies.
April 2025: GARC Data Platform Featured User
The GARC Data Platform featured user for April 2025 is another recognized Rabies Center of Excellence (RCE) – The BIG FIX Uganda. As this month’s featured user, The BIG FIX Uganda highlights how the Platform has helped them to keep track of the animals that they have vaccinated since 2022, as well as how keeping track of vaccinated animals helped them to plan more strategically for future events.
March 2025: GARC Data Platform Featured User
It is a privilege to announce that the featured GARC Data Platform user for March 2025 is Thailand-based Soi Dog Foundation. As an organization that runs one of the largest Catch, Neuter, Vaccinate, Return (CNVR) programs globally, comprehensive real-time programmatic data is paramount. Since 2023, the Global Alliance for Rabies Control has been supporting Soi Dog Foundation with the use of the GARC Data Platform to plan and coordinate their sterilization and vaccination campaigns across one third of the entire country.
Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines launches an innovative IBCM program, supported by GARC
A worrying increase in recent human rabies cases across the Philippines has resulted in the launch of a new and innovative large-scale IBCM program in the Cordillera Administrative Region. This new program will use the GARC Data Platform to help capture, analyze, report and notify all stakeholders in a truly One Health manner to ensure effective intervention and, ultimately, the elimination of rabies.
Data-driven champions: Featured users of the GARC Data Platform
As part of our ongoing efforts to highlight the stakeholders that are leading rabies elimination efforts at the community level, we have started a new initiative to promote the work of the organizations using the GARC Data Platform around the world. Read more about this initiative and our first three featured Platform users.
Kerenza chats with Champions: Stories from the Frontlines of Rabies Prevention
Kerenza chats with Champions is a monthly feature showcasing the incredible work of individuals and organizations fighting rabies in some of the world’s most challenging conditions. From vaccination campaigns to education programs and rescue efforts, each interview highlights the dedication and diverse approaches used to eliminate rabies
Kerenza Chats with Champions: Manali Strays’ Fight Against Rabies
Manali Strays has become a lifeline for animals and people alike. As a Rabies Center of Excellence (RCE), they lead by example, combining scientific expertise, community outreach, and compassionate care to control rabies in India. Their work not only includes rescuing and rehabilitating animals but also reaching remote villages with life-saving rabies vaccination drives and education programs.
February 2025: GARC Data Platform Featured User
The featured GARC Data Platform user for February is Mara North Conservancy Rabies Project (MNC Rabies Project), who are also a recognized Rabies Center of Excellence in Kenya. MNC Rabies Project uses multiple GARC Data Tools to capture, analyze and plan coordinated education and MDV activities in the Narok and Bomet Counties of Kenya.
Kerenza Chats with Champions: Transforming Lives with Funda Nenja
Funda Nenja combines education, dog training, and rabies vaccination to empower underserved communities. In this interview, Lisa, the project administrator, shares how the organization fosters bonds between children and their dogs, tackles rabies and creates lasting change through its holistic approach.