GARC assisted the National Government's mass dog vaccination campaign by undertaking a virtual workshop on the use of the Rabies Vaccination Tracker (RVT) tool on the GARC App - ensuring that each vaccinator can quickly and easily collect rabies vaccination data before it's analyzed on the Rabies Epidemiological Bulletin (REB).
Rabies Elimination Progress
Latest SARE score:
2.5 (2018)
In-country SARE assessment done:
Yes
(2017)
The Stepwise Approach towards Rabies Elimination (SARE) is a practical planning, monitoring and evaluation tool to guide, develop and refine rabies control programmes. It provides measurable steps, designed as a logical flow of activities, to progress from Stage 0 to Stage 5, in efforts towards freedom from dog-transmitted rabies.
A SARE score of 2.5 out of 5 signifies a country where a national rabies control programme being implemented nationwide, with clear inter-sectoral collaboration.
View past SARE assessments
2018: SARE assessment at a PARACON meeting
Namibia SARE assessment_PARACON 2018.xlsm
2017: In-country SARE assessment
2015: SARE assessment at a PARACON meeting
Namibia SARE assessment_PARACON 2015.xlsx
Epidemiological Data
This country is using the Rabies Epidemiological Bulletin but has not agreed to share their data publicly.
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In-country Capacity Building
February 2022
Northern Communal Area
February 2021
Northern Communal Area
GARC assisted the National Government's mass dog vaccination campaign by managing and curating the vaccination data collected in 2021 with the GARC Data Loggers after it had been uploaded to the Rabies Epidemiological Bulletin (REB).
December 2020
Northern Communal Areas
Namibia Project meeting CBRS demonstration. GARC was invited to present at the Rabies Project review and planning meeting for Namibia. Here, GARC personnel presented the Community-Based Rabies Surveillance (CBRS) component to stakeholders from Namibia's rabies taskforce and partners from the OIE and Friedrich-Loeffler Institute who support the project in Namibia.
December 2020
Northern Communal Areas
GARC assisted the National Government's mass dog vaccination campaign by managing and curating the vaccination data collected in 2020 with the GARC Data Loggers after it had been uploaded to the Rabies Epidemiological Bulletin. More information can be found here.
December 2019
Northern Communal Areas
GARC assisted the National Government's mass dog vaccination campaign by managing and curating the vaccination data collected in 2019 with the GARC Data Loggers after it had been uploaded to the Rabies Epidemiological Bulletin.
August 2019
Ondangwa
GARC supported the Namibian government's rabies control programme by supplying GARC Data Loggers. In addition, GARC facilitated the training of the governmental animal health professionals on the use of the GDLs and the integration of the data into the Rabies Epidemiological Bulletin.
September 2018
South Africa
Network / Workshop participation:
Attended the "New WHO recommendations on human rabies immunization and results of Gavi’s Learning Agenda on rabies & 2nd international meeting of the Pan-African Rabies Control Network (PARACON)" (more information)
November 2017
Windhoek
GARC participated in Namibia's Rabies Control Project Planning Meeting, during which the first phase of the national rabies elimination project was discussed and planned.
June 2015
South Africa
Network / Workshop participation:
Attended the "Inaugural Pan-African Rabies Control Network (PARACON) meeting" (more information)
September 2014
Windhoek
GARC provided diagnostic reagents and training for the direct, rapid immunohistochemical test (DRIT). The training and diagnostic reagents enabled laboratory staff to implement confirmatory rabies diagnosis at the CVL and decentralised diagnosis at the regional veterinary laboratory in Ondangwa.