World Rabies Day

2007 CDC World Rabies Day Symposium and Expo

To garner the much needed support for rabies prevention and control efforts globally, one of the initial major efforts is the declaration of a World Rabies Day on September 8, 2007. Events are being planned throughout the world to increase awareness of rabies and to raise support and funding towards its prevention and control. The World Rabies Day Symposium and Expo will kick off the festivities and serve as a scientific meeting to educate and re-energize professionals who serve on the front-lines of rabies prevention and control globally.

Co-Sponsors

Alliance for Rabies Control
Merial
Milipore
Novartis
Taskforce for Child Survival and Development

Exhibitors

Atlanta Wildlife Solutions, LLC
Bio-Rad
CDC Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
CDC National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases
CDC Public Health Service
Georgia Department of Health
Merial
Milipore
National Association for State Public Health Veterinarians
Novartis

Agenda
Time	Event	Presentor/Description
8:30AM	Welcome and Opening Remarks - Auditorium A	A message from Dr. Julie Gerberding - CDC Director Dr. Lonnie King - Director, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases Dr. Charles Rupprecht - Chief, CDC Rabies Program
8:55AM	World Rabies Day - Working Together to Make Rabies History!	Dr. Deborah Briggs - Executive Director, Alliance for Rabies Control (UK)
9:30AM	Poster and Exhibit Session - Auditorium B
10:15AM	Animal rabies prevention and control in the US: A local perspective	Dr. Ben Sun - California Department of Health Services
10:40AM	Canine rabies elimination programs in Latin America	Dr. Cristina Schneider - Pan-American Health Organization
11:05AM	Progress and challenges in wildlife rabies control	Dr. Dennis Slate - USDA, Wildlife Services
11:30AM	Networking lunch
1:00PM	Breakout Sessions	Session 1: Emerging Human Rabies Prophylaxis & Management Issues Moderator: Dr. Hillary Koprowski Discussion Panel: Dr. Hildegund Ertl - Wistar Institute Dr. Rodney Willoughby - Medical College of Wisconsin Dr. Ivan Kuzmin - CDC Rabies Team Dr. Richard Franka - CDC Rabies Team Session 2: Novel Applications for Rabies Surveillance and Diagnosis Related to Rabies Control Moderator: Dr. Ben Sun - California Department of Health Services Discussion Panel: Jesse Blanton, MPH - Epidemiologist, CDC Rabies Team Dr. Sergio Recuenco - CDC Rabies Team Dr. Dennis Slate - Director, USDA Wildlife Services Lillian Orciari, MS - Microbiologist, CDC Rabies Team Session 3: Rabies Awareness & WRD: Communications and Outreach Strategies Moderator: Dr. Cristina Schneider - PAHO Discussion Panel: Dr. Deborah Briggs - Alliance for Rabies Control (UK) Dr. Cathleen Hanlon - Global Alliance for Rabies Control (US) Dr. Erin Kennedy - CDC Rabies Team Abbigail Tumpey, MPH CHES - CDC, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases Session 4: Regional Control of Rabies: A Roundtable Moderator: Dr. Cherie Drenzk - Chief, Notifiable Diseases Epidemiology Section, Georgia Division of Public Health Discussion Panel: Tom Belcoure - Director, Alachua County Health Department, Florida Dr. Carl Williams - State Public Health Veterinarian, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Dr. John Fischer - Director, Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Department of Population Health
2:00PM	Break
2:30PM	New vaccines on the horizon	Dr. Hildegund Ertl - Wistar Institute
2:50PM	Update on human rabies therapy	Dr. Rodney Willoughby - Medical College of Wisconsin
3:15PM	Break
3:30PM	Personal Experience Story	Ms. Jeanna Giese and family - First Rabies Survivor
3:50PM	Rabies Eradication Snafus	Dr. Hilary Koprowski - Thomas Jefferson University
4:10PM	Closing Remarks	Dr. Charles Rupprecht - Chief, CDC Rabies Program
4:30PM	Social: Music to "Make Rabies History"