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Expanding GARC’s Resource Hub: New rabies materials ready for download!
We have expanded our collection of rabies-related materials available for free download on our website, including educational posters, multilingual resources, and scientific publications.
Year in Review 2023
Hear from our Executive Director, Prof Louis Nel, as we look back at 2023 and highlight the key activities that GARC undertook to help drive rabies elimination efforts globally.
Breaking Records: World Rabies Day 2023 Marks the Best Year Yet
World Rabies Day 2023 has been the most impactful one to date. With a record-breaking 359 events held worldwide, 62 nominations for the prestigious awards spanning 25 different countries, and a unifying theme of “Rabies: All for 1, One Health for All," this year's observance of World Rabies Day transcended all expectations.
Highlighting the benefits of collars given to vaccinated dogs in Zanzibar.
There are many challenges and reasons why people may not bring their dogs for rabies vaccination. GARC and its partners have found that using dog collars offered a solution to many of these challenges in Zanzibar with our latest scientific study. Read more inside.
Surveillance tools that suit your needs: Latest updates to the GARC app and tools
As we continue to roll out the suite of surveillance tools that we offer as part of the Rabies Epidemiological Bulletin with the GARC app, we continue to engage and better understand the needs of the stakeholders using these tools. With these insights, GARC has made several new updates to the GARC App and the different tools to better suit your needs.
First community health workers for dogs to be trained as part of new initiative to eliminate rabies
The Communities Against Rabies campaign will train local health workers, certify and support rabies centers of excellence, and build partnerships for like-minded organizations.
Volunteers: a win-win situation!
Volunteering can benefit the volunteer in many ways, while also providing an invaluable service to charities, local communities, and individuals in need of help. Read about our amazing volunteers and the opportunities available to you.
Empowering Spanish speaking rabies champions!
With more than 13,000 certified rabies educators already educating communities around the world, life-saving information about rabies elimination is being shared daily. But what if someone is unable to share these messages because of a language barrier? To address this, the GARC Education Platform now has more courses available in Spanish.
Rabies and Operationalizing One Health webinar – A Resounding Success!
The successful webinar on "Rabies and Operationalizing One Health" showcased the fruitful collaboration between GARC and IVSA India, uniting experts and students to drive effective rabies control strategies and highlighting how One Health can truly be operationalized through rabies elimination efforts.