Workshop on Surveillance and Control of Rabies at Institut Pasteur

 

A 10-day residential course is organised by the Institut Pasteur of Cambodia with the support of the Institut Pasteur in Paris, the Biochemistry department of University of Lausanne, The Health Sciences eTraining Foundation (HSeT), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the PREDEMICS consortium (a FP7 funded program).

The purpose of  this course is  to provide a practical  training on  rabies with a  special  focus on Asia for  students and professionals  of  animal  and  human  public  health sectors.  The  course  will  emphasize  the  need  of  multidisciplinary approach  and  intersectoral  cooperation. Several  major  objectives  addressing  critical  issues  of  the  present  rabies situation in developing countries and in particular in Asia will be targeted during this training session:

• To increase awareness and communication about rabies in Asia.

• To discuss problems and opportunities for rabies control in Asia and elaborate on strategic and practical solutions.

• To improve knowledge and practice on rabies epidemiological data in particular rabies incidence.

• To discuss the present  situation of rabies prophylaxis in humans and propose practical solutions to increase access to post-exposure prophylaxis of the population.

• To increase knowledge on dog rabies vaccination and other approaches for dog population management.

The 10 day residential course in Phnom Penh (in English) will be supplemented by pretraining modules by distance learning.

For more information about the workshop and registration please visit: http://predemics.biomedtrain.eu  (left menu) ”Courses  & Workshops” under “Phnom Penh Rabies Workshop 2015”). The application form is available online and the deadline is June 1st