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]

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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.  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]) with copies to [log in to unmask]

FAO: Dr Katinka de Balogh ([log in to unmask]

WHO: Dr Gyanendra Gongal ([log in to unmask])

 

 



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