South Africa

Rabies Elimination Progress

Latest SARE score: 2.5 (2018)
In-country SARE assessment done: No

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.

 

2018: SARE assessment at a PARACON meeting
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2017: SARE assessment at a PARACON meeting
South Africa SARE assessment_PARACON 2017.xlsm
2015: SARE assessment at a PARACON meeting
South Africa SARE assessment_PARACON 2015.xlsx

Epidemiological Data

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In-country Capacity Building

Diciembre 2022
Eastern Cape
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GARC supported Optima-CVC in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan and surrounding areas with multiple rabies surveillance tools on the GARC App.

Noviembre 2022
Cape Town
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GARC supported Cape of Good Hope SPCA in the city of Cape Town with the Vaccination and Sterilization Tracker (VST) tool on the GARC App.

Enero 2022
Pretoria
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GARC attended the Rabies Advisory Group (RAG) meetings throughout the year

Octubre 2021
Pretoria
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GARC attended the 2021 Rabies Advisory Group (RAG) meeting

Junio 2019
Pretoria
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GARC attended the 2019 Rabies Advisory Group (RAG) meeting

Septiembre 2018
South Africa
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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)

Junio 2018
Pretoria
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GARC attended the 2018 Rabies Advisory Group (RAG) meeting

Septiembre 2017
South Africa
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Network / Workshop participation:
Attended the "2nd sub-Regional PARACON meeting" (more information)

Junio 2017
Pretoria
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GARC attended the 2017 Rabies Advisory Group (RAG) meeting

Junio 2015
Pietermaritzburg
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GARC provided diagnostic reagents and training for the direct, rapid immunohistochemical test (DRIT). The training and diagnostic reagents enabled laboratory staff at the Allerton Provincial Veterinary Laboratory to implement confirmatory rabies diagnosis and decentralised diagnosis at the regional veterinary laboratory in the town of "Vryheid".

Junio 2015
South Africa
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Network / Workshop participation:
Attended the "Inaugural Pan-African Rabies Control Network (PARACON) meeting" (more information)