The Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) strengthened its longstanding and successful collaboration with the Philippines Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI) and the Sub-Regional Representation for Southeast Asia of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE SRR) with the signing of an Agreement on February 22, 2013
GARC was among the 32 countries and 6 NGOs addressing the the World Health Assembly as they debated and adopted a resolution on all 17 neglected tropical diseases
Among The Charity Awards shortlist announced on Tuesday 7 May is a project that demonstrated that rabies can be successfully eliminated in resource poor areas. The Charity Awards are one of the sector’s most prestigious schemes, and the 2013 winners will be announced on 13 June.
Dr. Charles Rupprecht and Dr. Lea Knopf of GARC met officials from the Tanzanian Ministry of Health, Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries and the WHO country office to discus a framework for collecting health economic data at a Tanzanian rabies control project site