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Philippines students deliver bite prevention education to frontline health workers.
A group of REC-graduate students led education and awareness activities in a municipality in the Philippines to educate frontline workers on bite prevention and rabies elimination.
Advance Your Knowledge: New Dog Welfare Certificate is Here
GARC proudly announces its new Dog Welfare Certificate course, offering essential knowledge for anyone interested in canine care. Free and online, this self-paced course covers key topics like diet, shelter, body language, behavior, and health, focusing on low-resource settings. Ideal for any person interested in the well-being of any dog – their own or a community dog.
Enhancing Rabies Surveillance in Cross River State through GARC’s Innovative educational and surveillance Tool
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.
Expanding GARC’s Resource Hub: New rabies materials ready for download!
We have expanded our collection of rabies-related materials available for free download on our website, including educational posters, multilingual resources, and scientific publications.
Empowering Spanish speaking rabies champions!
With more than 13,000 certified rabies educators already educating communities around the world, life-saving information about rabies elimination is being shared daily. But what if someone is unable to share these messages because of a language barrier? To address this, the GARC Education Platform now has more courses available in Spanish.
PARACON 2023: enabling governments to eliminate rabies with the help of data.
The latest Pan-African Rabies Control Network (PARACON) workshop, jointly organized by GARC and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) took place in Ghana in March. Read more about the workshop activities below!
Tricky tracking of education now solved!
GARC’s latest surveillance tool is here to help you track the impact of your education initiatives. The EIT tool will help you to better demonstrate and showcase the reach and impact of the education work you do in communities. Like all our tools, it’s free and easy to use too!
The revised REC: more knowledge means more power!
To ensure that people are empowered with the most relevant life-saving information about rabies and its prevention, GARC has recently revised and updated the foundational course on the GARC Education Platform – the Rabies Educator Certificate (REC).
Tomorrows vets become rabies champions.
This year’s call to action is one of education and hope for more lives saved as the IVSA has partnered with GARC to build a global network of future animal health professionals who are all rabies champions.