Ending Rabies. Empowering Communities.
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PRESS RELEASE: Partnering for a Rabies-Free Future: Integrating Rabies Control into National Health Priorities
28th September 2025, Geneva: In line with this year’s World Rabies Day theme, “Act Now: You, Me, Community”, GARC and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), are calling for shared responsibility, strong advocacy, and inclusive planning to ensure that voices from all levels, national to community, shape countries’ rabies control priorities. With rabies being a serious public health problem in more than 150 countries, mainly in Asia and Africa, causing tens of thousands of deaths each year, communities are making meaningful progress aimed at prevention.
September 2025 Excellence in Action: Peedu’s People, India
In August 2024, GARC recognized its first Rabies Center of Excellence (RCE). As part of our Communities Against Rabies initiative, we want to showcase the incredible work that they do. For this month’s Excellence in Action, we are proud to share the work of Peedu’s People, Punjab, India.
GARC’s September 2025 Featured Platform User: Bali Paws, Indonesia
The theme for World Rabies Day this September is Act Now: You, Me, Community. To show how a community can come together to work towards rabies elimination, this month’s featured GARC Data Platform user is Bali Paws in Indonesia. Bali Paws is an Indonesian volunteer-run animal welfare organization dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, and rehoming stray and abandoned animals. They focus mainly on dogs and cats. The organization aims to provide
New GARC, new Champions in Action
At the end of August, we shared some exciting changes with you. As part of the new GARC, we are also excited to share our Champions in Action (previously, Kerenza Chats with Champions) feature with you. In this celebration of dedication and resilience, we are proud to introduce you to Nada from Egypt.
Exciting Changes at GARC
GARC has a renewed drive to inspire, motivate and energize the world to stand with us as we realize our vision of a world free from dog rabies. To celebrate this chapter of renewed commitment, we want to share some really exciting changes at GARC!
New GARC Leadership
Dr Andre Coetzer, previously GARC’s Technical Director, has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GARC.
GARC Data Platform: How can we help you to eliminate rabies in your community?
Effective rabies control starts with reliable data. The GARC Data Platform offers a free, all-in-one solution for tracking vaccinations, rabies cases, exposures, education campaigns, and more—right from your phone. Used in over 35 countries, it helps governments, NGOs, and partners visualize progress, respond to outbreaks, and strengthen donor reporting.
Behind the Bark: Empowering Communities Through Understanding Dog Behavior
Dog bites are a leading cause of rabies, especially in Asia and Africa. In this article, animal behaviorist Daniel Stewart shares highlights from GARC’s Behind the Bark webinar series, which focused on dog body language, bite prevention, and safer human-dog interactions.
Empowering communities: Training for rabies elimination and humane animal welfare in Limpopo, South Africa
In July 2025, GARC collaborated with two of our Rabies Centers of Excellence, Animal Relief for Rural Communities (ARRC) and Hoedspruit Animal Outreach (HALO), to implement specialized training programs in the towns of Phalaborwa and Hoedspruit in the Limpopo province of South Africa.