Introducing the End Rabies Now Instagram page dedicated to promoting the Communities Against Rabies initiative! It highlights the stories, updates, and news of Rabies Centers of Excellence and Dog Health Champions around the world and aims to create a community among rabies stakeholders. Follow us @end.rabies.now
Since 2018, GARC has partnered with the FAO to deliver 30 in-country SARE workshops that serve to develop practical and feasible work plans to achieve rabies elimination. But these workshops are ever-evolving and new improvements and exercises have been incorporated to provide practical, realistic, and sustainable solutions to the challenges that rabies-endemic countries face in the implementation of their rabies control activities.
Explore personal reflections from someone who grew up in a country without rabies, and how their perceptions and understanding of interactions with dogs was thus affected. With a better understanding of the disease, their understanding of the challenges faced changed, seeing how dogs can be perceived in many different ways by different people.
This World Rabies Day, prepare for a theme that challenges norms and pushes boundaries, promising a call to action unlike any other. Get ready to plan events, build bridges and get much closer to a world free of rabies.
Are you missing the last key piece to a truly comprehensive IBCM program by not being able to track quarantined biting animals? Using the new tool on the GARC App, complete your IBCM program by easily monitoring and tracking animals that are quarantined for rabies surveillance! Read more about the new tool and it’s features inside.
Explore GARC's specialized protocol for investigating potentially rabid dogs, offering a systematic approach for animal and public health professionals. Addressing resource constraints, it provides adaptable solutions, prioritizing safety in community interventions.
Unlocking seamless surveillance, GARC's suite of digital data collection tools synergize effortlessly, enabling unified access, interchangeable usage, and integrated insights for comprehensive rabies control. Learn more about how they can work better for you inside!
Now is the chance to learn more about the Communities Against Rabies initiative and how you or your organization can get involved and get the support you need. We outline the goals and concept of the initiative, show how you can get involved, and highlight some of the successes that have already been achieved.
Dr John Bassey – a veterinarian leading rabies elimination activities in Nigeria’s Cross River State – shares his own experiences with the GARC surveillance tools and Education courses, highlighting their impact on the State's rabies elimination efforts.
Advocacy and awareness remain key in addressing the neglected nature of rabies. Through an improved understanding of the challenges faced, as well as practical solutions and success stories, rabies can be prioritized, and elimination achieved. Read about a key advocacy piece that can help change the minds of international stakeholders and leaders through evidence and success.