Emergency Departments in Karachi’s three major hospitals report over 100 dog bites a day, but most victims stay home and literally rub salt into the wound. The Indus Hospital's dog bite management center is changing community attitudes and improving practices.
Recently developed rapid immunodiagnostic tests for rabies diagnosis promise testing outside the laboratory, require virtually no equipment and minimal training, and produce a result in minutes. Such tests are available on the market now, but do they work?
A group of dedicated scientists from the UK Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Weybridge held a fundraising rabies-themed bake off in aid of World Rabies Day.
A round up of recent research studies aligned with GARC's mission
Kenya is observing the second anniversary of the launch of her strategy for elimination of human rabies by 2030. In those two years, there have been significant steps and events that have increased momentum towards realizing the vision of a rabies-free Kenya.
Ryan M. Wallace DVM, MPH has been involved in rabies control efforts in Haiti since 2012 and shares his first-hand experiences from conducting vaccination campaigns in the country.
The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) has awarded their 2016 Global One Health Award to Dr Luke Gamble, founder of charities Worldwide Veterinary Service and Mission Rabies.
Newly formulated baits containing the rabies vaccine SAG2 were distributed to three wolf packs in the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia. The baits will provide a much needed safeguard to these dwindling communities of wolves, threatened by exposure to the rabies virus as local dog populations expand into their territory.
APCRICON 2016, the 18th Annual National Conference of Association for Prevention and Control of Rabies in India was held on 9th & 10th July, 2016 in Bangalore, with the theme of "One health approach for prevention & control of Rabies: Opportunities & Challenges."
Fondation Mérieux, coordinator of the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and North Africa Rabies Expert Bureau (MEEREB), has proudly launched, in early August, a new website.
