Dear members, You are welcome to join the FAO/OIE/WHO Tripartite in the SARRC region for the upcoming rabies webinar from 18-20 May 2020. More information: https://rr-asia.oie.int/en/events/saarc-rabies-webinar/ Looking forward to seeing you there Regards Katinka de Balogh Senior Animal Health and Production Officer Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 39 Phra Atit Road, Phranakon Bangkok 10200 THAILAND Tel: +66-26974326 Mob. +66-614123524 e-mail: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [esignature-en] _______________________________________________________________ SAARC Rabies Webinar "Updates and progress in the SAARC region towards elimination of dog-mediated human rabies by 2030" 4 PM Tokyo time (Kabul - 11:30 AM; Male and Islamabad - 12 PM; Colombo and New Delhi - 12:30 PM. Kathmandu - 12:45 PM; Dhaka and Thimphu - 1 PM) 18-20 May 2020, Zoom meeting Day 1. Monday 18 May 2020; 4PM - 5:30 PM, Tokyo time Theme: Organizing a mass dog vaccination (MDV) campaign including use of oral rabies vaccines (ORV) Presentation Speaker Time Introduction OIE RRAP 5 min Welcome remarks and outline of the webinar series OIE Regional representative 5 min Successful organisation of MDV campaign - critical issues to consider including logistics and costs Andy Gibson, Mission Rabies 15 min Experiences of using oral rabies vaccines (ORV) in Thailand Karoon Chanachai, DLD Thailand 10 min How to do planning/costing for annual mass dog vaccination using an Excel-based tool? Ryan Wallace, CDC 10 min What does it take to organize sustained MDV in countries - the Bangladesh experience? 15 min Discussion/Q&A Moderator: OIE RRAP 30 min Day 2. Tuesday 19 May 2020; 4PM - 5:30 PM, Tokyo time Theme: Multisectoral Coordination Mechanism (MCM) in responding to rabies elimination Presentation Speaker Time Welcome and brief recap from Webinar 1 WHO SEARO 5 min Leading from the front, globally - the UAR initiatives Bernadette Abela Ridder, WHO representing the UAR 15 min Experiences from Africa including how cross-border issues are being tackled Dr Tenzin, Programme Officer, OIE SRR-SA, Botswana 15 min SAARC country updates on the rabies situation, key progress and challenges since July 2019 Pasang Tshering Consultant, OIE RRAP, Tokyo 15 min How Bhutan is using MCM to mount rapid response (s) to outbreaks/cases of rabies in animals Bhutan 15 min Q&A Moderator: WHO SEARO 30 min Day 3. Wednesday 20 May 2020; 4PM - 5:30 PM, Tokyo time Theme: Developing a National Strategic Plan (NSP) for elimination of dog-mediated human rabies - the foundation for rabies control and elimination Presentation Speaker Time Welcome and brief recap from Webinar 2 FAO RAP 5 min Experiences in using the SARE-PWARE outputs in identifying key activities for developing an NSP GARC 10 min Developing an outline for a rabies NSP/OIE endorsement of official control program OIE HQ on behalf of tripartite 10 min Using the outputs of IHR-PVS NBWs, PVS evaluation and JEE mission reports for rabies control and elimination Maud Carron + Katinka de Balogh 10 min How can SAARC countries benefit from the proposed OIE Reference Laboratory on Rabies in India? Dr Shrikrishna Isloor, KVAFSU, Bengaluru 10 min Experiences in developing an NSP for rabies elimination - challenges and opportunities India 10 min Q&A including discussion on lessons learnt and way forward Moderator: FAO RAP 30 min Closing remarks Regional tripartite 5 min How to join We will use Zoom for the webinar. Please note that it is recommended to have Zoom installed on your computer or smart phone to access the webinar. Please download and create your account at https://zoom.us/download However, if you are unable to install the Zoom client on your computer or the Zoom app on your mobile device, you can still join the webinar through the web browser. However, the web client has limited features and functions best on Google Chrome<https://www.google.com/chrome/>. Participants joining through the web client will need to be signed into a Zoom account. To participate in the webinar, all participants should register at https://oie.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcodumsrDkoGdNTcG-Xsmyl6y0SE6DaOFV5 Once you register for the meeting, you will receive an email giving access to join the zoom meeting. You should click on the link to the meeting given in the email on the day of the webinar. Please join at least few minutes earlier than scheduled time of the meeting. All registered participants will be provided with a certificate of attendance. The webinar will also be recorded and made available on the OIE Asia Pacific website: https://rr-asia.oie.int/en/ We will send reminders about the webinar ONE week and ONE day before the webinar date. Do not hesitate to forward this message to your colleagues and partners working in government, academia, research institutes, NGOs, and private sector working on rabies in your country. For further information about this webinar please contact at OIE: Dr Kinzang Dukpa ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) with copies to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> FAO: Dr Katinka de Balogh ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> WHO: Dr Gyanendra Gongal ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the VPH-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(VPH-L,SIGNOFF);