Latin America Caribbean (LAC) Award Competition

The Global Alliance for Rabies Control and the Pan American Health Organization / Veterinary Public Health / PANAFTOSA are hosting a competition for World Rabies Day in Latin America and the Caribbean. A PAHO certificate will be awarded to the winning teams.

Why this competition?
The competition is intended as a learning experience for the competing teams, encouraging them to think carefully about the overall impact of their work. World Rabies Day focuses on raising awareness of the consequences of human and animal rabies, how easily the virus can be prevented, and how to eliminate the main global sources. Successful efforts in the Americas have shown that rabies can be eliminated in dogs, and the number of human and canine cases has been reduced by 90%. The region expects to achieve its goal of eliminating dog-transmitted rabies.

Who is eligible?
All groups (governments, health services, universities, neighborhood communities, non-profit organizations, etc) and individuals can enter the competition.

When?
The competition will consider all Latin American and Caribbean events submitted between 1st August and 31 December 2011.

Click here to see competition categories and criteria, and to enter the competition

Choose the category that best fits your initiative, and fill in everything on the form, paying special attention to the contact details and the names you wish to appear on the certificate if you win. Failure to provide the correct information may jeopardise your chances of winning the competition.

When the judging process begins in early 2012, you may be asked to submit photographs and other evidence of your event, so please take photographs if you can, and keep any media/press reports on your event.

How will I know if I have won?

Information about the winning events will be announced in early to mid 2012 on the World Rabies Day website at www.worldrabiesday.org 

Online resources

PAHO website:

http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2455&Itemid=259&lang=es

WRD website at www.worldrabiesday.org (with access to pages in Spanish, Portuguese and French)

Logo: The WRD logo is now available in 28 languages