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Rotary Club of Lipa West tackles Responsible Pet Ownership through education
The Rotary Club of Lipa West recently changed the lives of more than 350 children for the better. They got involved with community education, teaching children about rabies and responsible pet ownership using some of the GARC resources, helping to reduce human rabies cases in the future. Read more about the great work done here.
Leading the fight against rabies in West Africa through international collaboration and consultation
West African countries continue to make good progress towards achieving the global goal of Zero by 30 by learning about the latest tools, technologies and strategies for rabies elimination and humane dog population management. Read more about the most recent PARACON workshop here.
Over 24 million school children to benefit from GARC’s work in the Philippines
It’s true! Twenty-four million children in the Philippines will be reached through GARC programmes. Read here about how GARC has worked tirelessly with local government authorities and other partners in the Philippines to ensure that 24 million children will be educated on rabies.
GARC teams up with the OIE and Namibian government to improve rabies control activities in Namibia
Namibian government officials, the OIE and GARC are working together to improve the recording of vaccination data and reduce rabies cases in the north of Namibia. Read about how these efforts have resulted in a marked decrease in the number of animal and human rabies cases due to their mass vaccination efforts.
Why dog population management is important for both people and animals: Dog lovers unite at the 3rd ICAM meeting
Not all dogs are equal, but GARC and its partners are working together to change this through humane dog population management (HDPM) – specifically through the ICAM coalition. Read about the importance of HDPM in rabies control and how we can all work together to address this issue.
What was achieved with your help for World Rabies Day 2019?
World Rabies Day was once again a massive success, thanks to your participation. Through your activities and efforts, the profile of rabies globally was elevated. Read more about some of the great things that you did around the world.
United Against Rabies collaboration celebrates one year of progress towards zero human rabies deaths by 2030
Since the launch of ‘Zero by 30’ in 2018, the United Against Rabies collaboration has made progress to empower, engage and enable countries to reach the rabies elimination goal by 2030. Released today on World Rabies Day, the first annual progress report describes the incremental, collaborative impact of the four partners in promoting the One Health approach and achieving the three objectives of the Global Strategic Plan.
India: In-country SARE workshop defines needed steps towards rabies elimination
In preparation for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) meeting in June 2019, a Stepwise Approach towards Rabies Elimination (SARE) workshop was held in New Delhi, India to assess its progress in rabies control. It was conducted from 6–8 June, with federal representatives from various ministries, including the Animal Husbandry Commissioner and the Joint Secretary of Livestock Health.
Philippine health professionals gear up to teach rabies prevention to 21 million school children
To expand the pool of rabies educators in the Philippines to include non-classroom personnel, the Department of Education conducted a national workshop to equip school health personnel with rabies knowledge and new strategies for teaching children about the fatal disease. The workshop, entitled the National Orientation on Integration of Rabies Education in the National Curriculum, was held in May for more than 40 doctors, nurses, and dentists from almost all regions in the Philippines.