Activities in Asia and the Pacific - OIE

The OIE Regional Representation for Asia and the Pacific and the OIE Sub-Regional Representation for South East Asia have been spearheading many activities on rabies control in animals to support the elimination of dog-mediated human rabies in the Asia Pacific Region. The OIE supports its Members in areas of capacity building (e.g., laboratory diagnostics training in collaboration with OIE Reference Centers), intersectoral coordination enhancement, and access provision to its rabies vaccine bank.

Sub-regional Meetings (Regional Tripartite)

The OIE has recently organised three key events on rabies in collaboration with the regional tripartite and other partners.

OIE Webinar on Mass Dog Vaccination Methods and Tools for Rabies Elimination in the SAARC Region, 29-30 March 2021
SAARC Rabies Webinar, 18-20 May 2020
SAARC Tripartite Rabies Meeting, Kathmandu, Nepal, 26-28 June 2019
Tripartite ASEAN Rabies Meeting, Hanoi, Vietnam, 4-6 December 2018

Activities conducted in collaboration with OIE Reference Laboratories

Activities with the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University

Virtual Training Series on Rabies Serology for SAARC Region on 11-13 October 2021 (New: 18/10/2021)
Virtual Training Series on Rabies Diagnosis for SAARC Region 4,5 Nov 2020 (11/11/2020)

Activities with the Changchun Veterinary Institute (CVRI) in China

“OIE Regional Virtual Training Workshop on Molecular Epidemiology Techniques (MET) for Rabies”, online, 2021 (22/10/2021)
“OIE Seminar on Rabies” and “OIE Hands-on Training on Laboratory Diagnosis of Rabies to Strengthen Rabies Surveillance, Prevention and Control in Malaysia”, Malaysia, 2019
“OIE Training Course and Workshop for Laboratory Diagnosis of Rabies”, Philippines, 2019 (New revised: 18/5/2020)
- 6 Month Report (uploaded on 2 Mar 2020)
“OIE Seminar on Rabies” and “OIE Hands-on Training on Laboratory Diagnosis of Rabies to Strengthen Rabies Surveillance, Prevention and Control in Myanmar”, Myanmar, 2018
“Regional Hands-on Laboratory Training on Rabies Diagnosis”, China, 2017

Other in-country activities supported by OIE

Technical Consultation on Oral Rabies Vaccines – A complementary tool for vaccination in animals for Sri Lanka , Virtual, 10 Nov 2020 (New: 17/11/2020)
“Capacity Building and Laboratory Assistance in Post Vaccination Monitoring in the Philippines”, Philippines, 2017
“Capacity Building for Rabies surveillance and diagnosis in Myanmar”, Myanmar, 2017
“Effective Rapid Response to Rabies Outbreak in Eastern Bhutan”, Bhutan, 2017

Other activities supported by the OIE in Asia and the Pacific

OIE Virtual workshop “Preparing for and dealing with incursion of an infectious disease – rabies”, 22-24 March 2021