Media

A strategic approach to regional rabies elimination

The editorial for the July 2015 GARC newsletter

The Value of Translation – and a huge thank you

GARC and the global rabies community have always benefited enormously from the work of generous volunteers from within and outside the rabies field who have donated their time and talents to support improvements to our tools and their reach – from the information itself, to translation and proofreading.

Inaugural Pan-African Rabies Control Network (PARACON) meeting

The first PARACON meeting took place in Gauteng, South Africa in 9-11 June 2015. The meeting was executed in the form of an intensive, 3-day workshop, and delegates from 33 African countries attended as official representatives for their countries.

5 keys to bite prevention

A new resource in Spanish and Portuguese developed in partnership with World Animal Protection, PAHO and GARC

Updated Rabies Blueprints available in additional languages

GARC has expanded access to its newly updated Canine Rabies Blueprint – a comprehensive toolkit for developing rabies control programs – by providing translations of the website into Spanish and French, and added a french translation of the Rabies surveillance blueprint.

World Rabies Day 2015

GARC announces this year's theme is End Rabies Together and calls for people working to prevent rabies to register events to help raise the global profile of this neglected disease

The Great Adventure for Rabies Control

Dane Medina, a Communication Officer for GARC based in the Philippines recounts her recent visit to the project in Nias, Indonesia

AFRICA UNITES TO COMBAT RABIES

Leading public health and veterinary experts from 34 different countries have come together to co-ordinate efforts to combat rabies in Africa

GARC Welcomes G7 One Health Approach To Neglected Diseases

The Global Alliance for Rabies Control has welcomed a statement from the G7 Summit, at Schloss Elmau in Germany, to commit to a One Health approach to develop new health technologies, including vaccines to tackle neglected tropical diseases

WSAVA and GARC Join Forces in Rabies Fight

The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) and the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) have joined forces to collaborate in the fight against canine rabies.