Working to eliminate human deaths from dog rabies by 2030
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Share your message this World Rabies Day!
The World Rabies Day 2018 theme is Rabies: Share the message. Save a life. This highlights the importance of education and awareness to prevent rabies.
GARC releases statement on dog culling for rabies control
Stories appear with alarming regularity in the international media about authorities carrying out mass stray dog culling in response to rabies cases. Attracting fewer headlines is the high frequency of routine culling carried out month after month, and year after year aiming to curb rabies in stray dog populations.
Vet training program links rabies knowledge to hands-on vaccination practices
The GARC Philippines office provided technical input and materials for a field training program for an all-female vet student association, including instruction in the Rabies Educator Certificate (REC) and professional guidance during a rabies vaccination campaign.
Fundraising campaign reaches its target!
Our end-of-year fundraising campaign was to print Want a Friend, Be a Friend booklets to be distributed in Harare, Zimbabwe.
A planning tool for eliminating human rabies deaths through mass dog vaccination
An online tool has been developed by US CDC, based on their GDREP framework, to help users to estimate the time and overall costs required to achieve the elimination dog mediated human rabies deaths by 2030.
Why do countries need capacity building support?
Editorial for the February 2018 newsletter. Capacity building is an essential component of the work of many international organisations and NGOs, including GARC.
Taking the steps to eliminate canine-mediated human rabies on Unguja island, Zanzibar
A new planning tool was launched during a review workshop to support the strategic island-wide dog vaccination project in Zanzibar
The power of free online courses
GARC’s educational platform continues to expand awareness about rabies and how to control it around the world.
Raising money with the hope to end rabies
As the year closes, GARC would like to extend a special thanks to all of our individual donors and fundraisers who have supported us in 2017.