The 22nd Rabies in the Americas (RITA) meeting was recently held in San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico, providing a great setting for learning about rabies in the Caribbean.
In response to alarming numbers of dog bite and rabies cases, veterinary workers redesigned the control strategy in Kisumu, Kenya, demonstrating the power of an intersectoral approach.
A combination of two human monoclonal antibodies could potentially improve the availability of complete PEP treatment worldwide.
The National Centre for Disease Control in Delhi, India has celebrated every WRD so far, and has also incorporated it into a new initiaitive in rabies control, being carried out in 5 cities.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation project in Kwa-Zulu Natal province, South Africa recently announced a whole year without a single diagnosed case of human rabies.
The recent OIE meeting Seoul, South Korea produced recommendations strongly advocating for global rabies control through international collaboration.
Ms Maria Alyssa Yee Policarpio, the Project Liaison Officer of the Animal Welfare Coalition in the Philippines talks about their contribution to rabies control efforts.
World Rabies Day has been utilized in a long term strategy to increase rabies awareness and prevention in Mexico.
Carla Piedrahita, a Health Educator at Wake County Human Services recently found out about rabies prevention first hand in Nepal.
Dr. Mahfoud Brahimi, Institut Pasteur d’Algérie, and a member of AfroREB shares some of his veterinary experience with rabies.
