Chair(s)

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  Charles E. Rupprecht, VMD, MS, PhD

  Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA.
  CEO, Lyssa LLC

  In recognition of World Rabies Day, our tone is related to the following broad subject: Global Opportunities & Challenges to Rabies Detection, Prevention & Control. The geographic span of speakers and topics cover Asia, Africa and the New World. Specific topics will include: human rabies caused by dogs; the United Against Rabies forum; modern approaches to human prophylaxis; the stepwise approach to rabies elimination; regional progress and setbacks; mass dog vaccination; health communications and public education; the importance of the laboratory; the role of wildlife; and unique situations in the Americas.
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Speaker(s)

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  Wanda Markotter

  Professor, Centre for Viral Zoonoses, University of Pretoria, South Africa; DST-NRF South African Research Chair.
  
  Topic: An interdisciplinary approach to rabies and rabies-related lyssavirus epidemiology

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  Terence Scott

  PHD, Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC), Manhattan, KS, 66502, USA.
  
  Topic: Rabies in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and North Africa: Building evidence and delivering a regional approach to rabies elimination

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  Louis Nel

  Professor, Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC), USA.
  
  Topic: Rabies in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and North Africa: Building evidence and delivering a regional approach to rabies elimination

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  Sergio Recuenco-Cabrera

  MD, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru.
  
  Topic: Beyond Zero by 2030 - Wildlife rabies and exposures in the Amazon Basin

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  Catherine Filejski

  DVM, President & CEO, Canadian Animal Health Institute (CAHI), Canada.
  
  Topic: Rabies meets Truth & Reconciliation: the unique challenges to effective rabies prevention and control in Canada’s remote, First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities

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  Philip P. Mshelbwala

  DVM, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Australia.
  
  Topic: Development of a national strategy for rabies prevention and control in Sierra Leone using a One Health approach

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  Andy Gibson

  DVM, Director of Strategic Research, Mission Rabies.
  
  Topic: Expansion of rabies surveillance and dog vaccination in urban settings of India

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  Victor Del Rio Vilas

  PHD, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
  
  Topic: Non-technical criticalities of rabies prevention and control

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  Mariem Handous

  Rabies laboratory, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis.
  
  Topic: Technical commitment in the fight against rabies - Role of the laboratory in Tunisia

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  Bernadette Abela-Ridder

  DVM, PHD, Team leader, Neglected Zoonotic Diseases, WHO.
  
  Topic: Coalescing global efforts to scale up towards rabies elimination