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Les étudiants vétérinaires de l’université de Prétoria ont utilisé le livret « Tu veux un ami ? Sois un ami ! » lors de leur implication communautaire, qui fait partie de leur formation. Les étudiants se sont rendus dans des écoles primaires locales pour enseigner aux élèves comment prévenir les morsures de chien et limiter l’extension de la rage au sein des communautés très exposées au risque de rage.
Octaria R, Salyer SJ, Blanton J, Pieracci EG, Munyua P, Millien M, Nel L, Wallace RM. (2018) PLoS Negl Trop Dis 12(10): e0006756
Rabies prevention awareness poster with details about rabies and steps for prevention. Global Alliance for Rabies Control.
L.H. Nel. Rev. Sci. Tech. Off. Int. Epiz., 2018, 37 (2), 751-759
Dr Raymond Hamoonga, the Zambian Rabies Focal Point from the Ministry of Health-Zambia National Public Health Institute, shares progress being made in the country towards rabies elimination.
Read the full article at The Health Press.
Our last newsletter issue featured a story about University of Pretoria vet students who used GARC’s Want a Friend? Be a Friend! booklet while participating in the community engagement portion of their training. The students traveled to local primary schools and taught students how to prevent dog bites and how to prevent the spread of rabies in communities that are at a high risk for rabies exposure. Here, we return with three more stories from the vet students on how they used the Want a Friend educational booklets in the classroom.
TV2Africa holds a short Skype interview with the GARC’s Executive Director, Prof. Louis Nel who explains more about the danger of rabies, what increases its spread, how it can be misdiagnosed and what actions need to be taken for successful prevention and treatment.
A 1-on-1 interview of New Europe with the GARC’s Executive Director, Prof. Louis Nel, who presents information on what rabies is, why it is still a threat and how it is one of the few diseases which can be eliminated through viable short term and long term solutions in order to reach the Zeroby30 target set by the FAO, OIE, WHO and GARC.
