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The 2011 WRD Latin America and Caribbean Awards

For the fourth year running GARC, in partnership with PAHO, has provided awards for the most outstanding World Rabies Day initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean.

New search facility for rabies educational resources

Major improvements have been made to the education bank pages of the World Rabies Day website.

World Rabies Day Celebrates 5 years

September 28, 2011 marked the five year anniversary of the World Rabies Day Campaign; the single largest concerted effort to raise global awareness about rabies and its prevention.

Planning World Rabies Day 2012

The World Rabies Day team is analysing feedback from the WRD 2011 campaign and developing plans to make WRD 2012 even better.

New developments for the Canine Rabies Blueprint

The blueprint for canine rabies control is now available in more languages and is introduced in a scientific publication.

Bohol project wins Galing Pook

GARC's rabies control project in the Philippines wins a prestigious local governance award

World Rabies Day Webinar a Huge Success!

An estimated 600,000 viewers from 83 countries joined the 2nd Annual World Rabies Day Webinar. During the 16-hour event, 28 speakers from 13 different countries discussed many aspects of rabies and it control.

Global surveys on rabies in progress

Ongoing research surveys on the availability of rabies biologicals for travelers and the global burden of rabies hope to provide a clearer picture of rabies.

Children Against Rabies Project gets underway

GARC's CARe Project in the Philippines will save lives and gather valuable data on the impact of education as a rabies control measure.

Annual Number of Deaths from Rabies Hits 70,000 Worldwide

The Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) today announces that preliminary data released this month at the OIE Global Conference on Eliminating Rabies has estimated 70,000 people worldwide die each year from rabies at a cost of US$4 billion.