The 9th Meeting of the Southern and Eastern African Rabies Group (SEARG) will take place in Gaborone, Botswana from 25 – 28 August 2008. The website containing information about this meeting is now available at: http://www.up.ac.za/searg

19th International Conference on Rabies in the Americas (RITA)

The 19th annual RITA meeting will be held from September 28 - October 3, 2008 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA.

The Rabies in the Americas meeting, is an annual international meeting that has been held since 1990 at various locations throughout the North and South America. This meeting allows researchers, directors of national and municipal programs, laboratory workers, and others interested in the advancement and understanding of rabies surveillance, prevention and control to come together to celebrate the many successes we have made in the field of rabies, while also discussing some of the challenges that lay ahead. The presentations are a result of the efforts of countless investigators, students, and public health professionals who work with this disease on a daily basis.

www.rabiesintheamericas.org

The second World Rabies Day will be held on September 28, 2008

http://www.worldrabiesday.org