The Global Alliance for Rabies Control has welcomed a statement from the G7 Summit, at Schloss Elmau in Germany, to commit to a One Health approach to develop new health technologies, including vaccines to tackle neglected tropical diseases
The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) and the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) have joined forces to collaborate in the fight against canine rabies.
A team of veterinary and medical students from St George’s University, Grenada, participated in the World Medical Association/World Veterinary Association Global Conference on One Health in Madrid, Spain last week.
GARC’s Partners for Rabies Prevention group, has just published a study that found that 160 people die every single day from canine rabies. The report is the product of a long collaboration among PRP members to gather all relevant data that can be used to address the question of how big an impact canine rabies has across the world.
On February 25-26, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand, GARC hosted the 1st Asia Regional Workshop on Rabies Elimination. The meeting was the first in a series that are supported by the UBS Optimus Foundation and will contribute to the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) efforts towards their goal of rabies elimination from the region by 2020.