VIRTUAL MEETING
— 22 September 2020 [12.00-14.00 UTC]
The UAR stakeholder meeting will take place at a time when zoonotic diseases and One Health are high on the global agenda. As one of the oldest known zoonoses, rabies is entirely preventable, yet remains a major public health problem that still kills
more than 160 people every day, and further impoverishes many of the poorest communities in the world through loss of livestock and high costs of treatment.
This meeting marks the progress from Phase 1 of the ‘The Global Strategic Plan to end human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030’ (GSP) to Phase 2 and presents an opportunity to unite stakeholders and attract the political attention
and resources needed to end rabies and deliver the vision set out in Zero by 30*. This meeting will also show a wider audience, including governments and funders, that rabies control and elimination can make a significant contribution to
One Health implementation and the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Tripartite (FAO, OIE and WHO) will support the stakeholder meeting to create an enabling environment so that members and countries can focus on activities that efficiently contribute to Zero by 30, while also sharing of knowledge, experience,
ideas, and information.
Meeting Objectives
The objectives of this meeting are to:
- announce the creation of the UAR Forum
- discuss priority activities to progress with the implementation of the GSP
- elevate the cause of rabies elimination in relevant national and international institutions
- generate commitments to action and mobilise development partners.
Expected Outcomes
The expected outcomes of this meeting are:
- identification of priority areas and engagement of key partners that can contribute to working groups
- galvanising of sustained effort, political will, and additional resources to end human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030.