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UWI, CARPHA, PAHO, Agriculture Ministry & Guyana Livestock Authority host World Rabies Day Webinar

For Release Upon Receipt - September 28, 2022

St. Augustine


ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad and Tobago. Wednesday September 28, 2022 – The School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of the West Indies (The UWI) St. Augustine Campus is collaborating with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Ministry of Agriculture Lands and Fisheries, and the Guyana Livestock Development Authority to host a webinar “One Health, Zero Deaths” today, September 28th, 2022 as part of the annual observance of World Rabies Day.

The webinar will educate the public and strengthen the call for community engagement so as to collaboratively prevent rabies by reducing the risk of exposure to the virus. It emphasizes the need to raise awareness about rabies and bring together partners to enhance prevention and control efforts locally, regionally, and worldwide.

Established in 2007 and observed annually on September 28, World Rabies Day serves to increase public awareness of rabies and engage stakeholders so as to strengthen global preventive and control initiatives.

The webinar features several health professionals, including CARPHA’s Dr Maurice Frank, a specialist in viral emerging infectious diseases, zoonotic diseases, epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections, and infectious diseases which primarily affect the central nervous system; PAHO’s Dr Franca des Vignes, Infectious Disease Epidemiology expert; Drs Dane Hartley and Colbert Bowen from the Guyana Livestock and Development Authority; Dr Lisa Musai and Dr Michelle Mellowes from the Ministry of Agriculture; Dr Saed Rahaman, Veterinary Public Health Ministry of Health, the Anti Rabies Unit; UWI’s Drs Karla Georges, Simone Titus, Lisa Musai, Teola Noel, Lisa Benjamin, Anil Persad, Saed Rahaman; and Zoonotic disease task force members.

This virtual webinar takes place Wednesday September 28th, 2022, from 6:00pm to 07:30pm.

Click here to register:

https://sta-uwi-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EfZI2HObT1G_dn8Hm2i0Pg

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About The University of the West Indies

The UWI has been and continues to be a pivotal force in every aspect of Caribbean development; residing at the centre of all efforts to improve the well-being of people across the region.

From a university college of London in Jamaica with 33 medical students in 1948, The UWI is today an internationally respected, global university with near 50,000 students and five campuses: Mona in Jamaica, St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago, Cave Hill in Barbados, Five Islands in Antigua and Barbuda and its Open Campus, and 10 global centres in partnership with universities in North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe.

The UWI offers over 800 certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Culture, Creative and Performing Arts, Food and Agriculture, Engineering, Humanities and Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science and Technology, Social Sciences, and Sport. As the Caribbean’s leading university, it possesses the largest pool of Caribbean intellect and expertise committed to confronting the critical issues of our region and wider world.

The UWI has been consistently ranked among the top universities globally by the most reputable ranking agency, Times Higher Education (THE). In the latest World University Rankings 2022, released in September 2021, The UWI moved up an impressive 94 places from last year. In the current global field of some 30,000 universities and elite research institutes, The UWI stands among the top 1.5%.

The UWI is the only Caribbean-based university to make the prestigious lists since its debut in the rankings in 2018. In addition to its leading position in the Caribbean, it is also in the top 20 for Latin America and the Caribbean and the top 100 global Golden Age universities (between 50 and 80 years old).  The UWI is also featured among the leading universities on THE’s Impact Rankings for its response to the world’s biggest concerns, outlined in the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including Good Health and Wellbeing; Gender Equality and Climate Action.

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