This year Centre for One Health Research & Promotion (COHRP) collaborated with students from the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences (IAAS) in Paklihawa, Nepal to celebrate a week-long "Rabies Week" from September 22nd to September 28th, 2023, in commemoration of World Rabies Day. To address this issue, we conducted a series of awareness and vaccination programs in a rural Paklihawa district of Nepal, where the veterinary college is located. Consequently, to raise rabies awareness we conducted awareness programmes among secondary school students in grades 8, 9, and 10 through lectures on rabies at local schools. Additionally, we devised an innovative "table tennis tournament" among the students as a unique way to promote rabies awareness. This event has never been conducted in Nepal and was the highlight of World Rabies Day. Furthermore, we p administered mass rabies vaccinations for dogs and delivered in-depth technical lectures on rabies at the veterinary school.
SCHEDULE (22-28 September 2023)
Day 1: September 22
Rabies: situation, control and way forward (Virtual talk + QnA)
Resource person:
- Dr Rakesh Chand, University of Cambridge / Centre for One Health Research & Promotion
- Prof. Dr Dinesh Kumar Singh, Retired Prof. Tribhuvan University / Nepal Polytechnic Institute
- Dr Srijan Bastola, Assistant Professor, Tribhuvan University
Target: Undergraduate Veterinary Students, IAAS, Nepal
Day 2: September 23
Training of trainers “Rabies Awareness and Education Programs”
Resource person:
- Dr Rakesh Chand, University of Cambridge / Centre for One Health Research & Promotion
- Dr Srijan Bastola, Assistant Professor, Tribhuvan University
Target: School Education Volunteers (Final Year Veterinary Students, IAAS, Nepal)
Day 3,4,5 and 6 (Afternoon): September 24-27
Rabies Awareness and Education to Secondary Schools
Resource persons: 10 Trained School Education Volunteers
Target: Students of grade 8, 9 and 10 + Teachers
Target number: around 750 school children (50 students/grade * 3 grades* 5 schools) and 50 teachers (10 teachers/school * 5 schools)
Target Institution: at least 10 schools of Paklihawa district, Nepal
Day 3,4,5 and 6 (Morning): September 24-27
Mass Dog Anti-Rabies Vaccination Program
Conducted by: Undergraduate Veterinary Students, IAAS, Nepal
Target: free-roaming and unvaccinated owned dogs
Target number: 150 dogs (30 dogs per day)
Day 7: September 28
World Rabies Day 2023 Interschool Table Tennis Tournament
Conducted by: Undergraduate Veterinary Students, IAAS, Nepal
Target: Secondary School Students of the previous 5 school
Target number: 25 students
Slogan: “Vaccinate Dog Today, Play Table Tennis Everyday”
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