World Rabies Day Webinar, Sept. 21-22, 2011

 

Recorded Webinars Now Available!

Click here to watch the Sept 21 Webinar (focus: Asia, Middle East, Europe and Africa)

Click here to watch the Sept 22 Webinar (focus: North America, Latin America and Caribbean)

 

The Global Alliance for Rabies Control, in cooperation with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual World Rabies Day Webinar to be held September 21-22, 2011. The Webinar brings together noted leaders in rabies research, One-Health advocates, professionals, students and World Rabies Day event planners in real-time to discuss the important public health issue of rabies while providing a forum for dialogue within and across disciplines.

The two day event will focus on canine rabies elimination; human rabies surveillance, prevention and intervention; wildlife rabies control; information and education campaigns and building sustainable programs. Day 1 (Sept 21) of the Webinar will concentrate on presentations from Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Day 2 (Sept 22) will spotlight talks from North America, Latin America and the Caribbean Regions.

There is no cost to attend the Webinars but you must register in advance.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 (ASIA, MIDDLE EAST, EUROPE, AFRICA)

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Time

(New York)

 Topic Speaker
SESSION I    
12:00-12:25am The Bohol Rabies Project: A Model for a Sustainable Rabies Elimination Program

 

Stella Marie D. Lapiz, DVM, Office of the Provincial Veterinarian, Bohol, Philippines Bio/CV 

12:30-12:55am

The Blueprint for Elimination of Canine Rabies

 

Deborah J. Briggs, Ph.D., Global Alliance for Rabies Control, Kansas, U.S. Bio/CV
1:00-1:25am Launch of a Rabies Control Program in Punjab, Pakistan

 

Dr. Zerfishan Tahir, Institute of Punjab Health, Pakistan Bio/CV 

1:30-1:55am Introduction of Current and Past Rabies Control in Japan and Future Perspectives

 

Kanae Shiokawa, DVM, (student) Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan Bio/CV

2:00-2:25am Suspected Rabid Dog Bites and Patients' Feeling about Stray Dogs in Kathmandu

Durga Datt Joshi, DVM, MPVM, FISCD, National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Center, Kathmandu, Nepal Bio/CV

Intermission

 30 minute break
  
SESSION II    
3:00-3:25am Highlighting Knowledge Gaps in the Global Burden of Canine Rabies

 

Katie Hampson, University of Glasgow, U.K. Bio/CV

3:30-3:55am Breaking the Barriers to Introduce Intradermal Antirabies Vaccination
Omesh Bharti, MBBS, DHM, MAE, Himachal Pradesh Health Department, Himachal, India Bio/CV
4:00-4:25am The Importance of Education in Addressing the Rabies Situation in India

 

Sy (Siaw-Yean) Woon, B.V.Sc. student, University of Sydney, Australia, Bio/CV

4:30-4:55am

 Dog Population and Rabies Management

Nalinika Obeyesekere, B.SC (Wildlife), B.VSc., PG Cert. Small Animal Medicine, Blue Paw Trust, Sri Lanka Bio/CV

5:00-5:25am Epidemiology of Animal Rabies and its Control Strategy in Nepal

 

Sushil Khatiwada, B.V.Sc. & A.H., Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Nepal Bio/CV

Intermission

 30 minute break
  
SESSION III    
6:00-6:25am OIE’s Commitment to Fight Rabies Worldwide

 

Maria Zampaglione, World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), Paris, France Bio/CV
6:30-6:55am Three Year Rabies Immunisation Project in Obuasi Municipality, Ghana

 

Dr. A.H.K. Kwansah-Filson, M.Sc., DVM, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana Bio/CV  

7:00-7:25am Fertility Control in Dogs: From ABC to Immunocontraception

 

Giovanna Massei, Ph.D., Food and Environment Research Agency, U.K. Bio/CV

7:30-7:55am CDC’s Global Disease Detection Operations Center: Supporting International Rabies Outbreak Investigations

 

Kira A. Christian, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia, U.S. Bio/CV

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 (NORTH AMERICA, LATIN AMERICA, CARIBBEAN REGIONS)

 

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Time

(New York)

 Topic Speaker
SESSION I    
9:00-9:25am
 Rabies Education and Control in Kunar Province, Afghanistan

Loren D. Adams, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, University of Iowa School of Public Health, and U.S. Army National Guard, Iowa, U.S. Bio/CV
9:30-9:55am Community Intervention to Reduce Misadministration of Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis - Maryland, 2011

 

Kis Robertson, DVM, MPH, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C., U.S. Bio/CV 

10:00-10:25am
 Rabies Control - from Local Communities to Global Advocacy

 

Louise Taylor, Ph.D., Global Alliance for Rabies Control, Pennsylvania, U.S. Bio/CV
10:30-10:55am
 Investigation of potential rabies exposure while attending a camp - Kansas, June 2010

 

Jamie DeMent, Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment, Kansas, U.S. Bio/CV
11:00-11:25am
 Managed Cat Colonies and Rabies

 

Steve Holmer, American Bird Conservancy, Washington D.C., U.S. Bio/CV

Intermission

 30 minute break
  
SESSION II    
12:00-12:25pm Rabia en Latinoamerica: Retos y oportunidades (en ESPAÑOL)

Sergio Recuenco, MD, MPH, DrPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia, U.S. Bio/CV

12:30-12:55pm Risk Assessment of Recent Human and Animal Case Examples

 

Charles Rupprecht, VMD, MS, Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia, U.S. Bio/CV

1:00-1:25pm Assessing the Risk for Introduction of Rabies and Other Zoonoses via Importation of Dogs to the United States

Julie R. Sinclair, MA, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia, U.S. Bio/CV 

1:30-1:55pm
 Transmission and temporal.spatial distribution of cases in the Wildlife Rabies disease in Péru (en ESPAÑOL).

 

William Valderrama, MsC, PhD(c), National Service of Agrarian Health - SENASA, Peru Bio/CV

 
2:00-2:25pm
 One Health, Rabies.  A Guide to Elimination of Rabies in Dogs in Tropical Countries

 

George Beran, DVM, Ph.D., LHD, DACVPM, Iowa State University, Iowa, U.S. Bio/CV

Intermission

30 minute break
  
SESSION III    
3:00-3:25pm

International Contact Investigation of Travelers Exposed to a Rabid Zebra in Kenya - August, 2011

  

 

Emily Lankau, MS, DVM, Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia, U.S. Bio/CV
3:30-3:55pm
 Good Recommendations vs. Bad Practices

 

Xianfu Wu, Ph.D., DVM, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia, U.S. Bio/CV

4:00-4:25pm

Wildlife Rabies Surveillance and Control in the U.S.

 

Jordona Kirby, MS, United States Department of Agriculture, Tennessee, U.S. Bio/CV  

 
4:30-4:55pm The Role of WHO in Rabies Prevention and Control

 

François-Xavier Meslin, DVM, Ph.D., World Health Organization, Switzerland Bio/CV 

 

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2010 Webinar - September 28, 2010

The Global Alliance for Rabies Control and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention co-hosted four Webinars on World Rabies Day 2010. The live broadcast has expired but you can view the recorded webinars using the links below.