🌍 INTERNATIONAL ONLINE SYMPOSIUM & WORKSHOP ON RABIES 2026
Rabies Elimination through One Health: From Science to Action
🐾 A Global Learning Platform on Rabies Prevention, Control & Elimination

On the occasion of World Rabies Day 2026, the Veterinary Association of India (VAI), in collaboration with the World Veterinary Association (WVA), Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS) and Mission Rabies, is organising a two-day International Online Symposium & Workshop on Rabies 2026.
📅 28 & 29 September 2026
🕓 4:40 PM – 8:40 PM IST | Both Days
💻 Online via Zoom
⭐ 10 CVE Hours
The programme is designed to bring together veterinarians, veterinary students, public-health professionals, animal-health professionals, researchers, NGOs, animal-welfare professionals and other stakeholders working towards rabies prevention and elimination.
Please go through the complete schedule of the Symposium:-

World Rabies Day 2026 Symposium
🌎 WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
Rabies remains a major One Health challenge requiring coordinated action across veterinary medicine, human health, animal population management, diagnostics, surveillance, vaccination and community engagement.
This international symposium and workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to learn from experienced national and international subject-matter experts, understand field-level approaches, exchange knowledge and strengthen multidisciplinary collaboration towards the goal of eliminating rabies.
🔬 KEY THEMES & SESSIONS
The programme will cover several important dimensions of rabies prevention, control and elimination, including:
🔹 National Rabies Control Programme & the Way Forward
🔹 Global Rabies Diagnostics & Surveillance
🔹 Scientific Dog Population Management & ABC Programmes
🔹 Effective Spay/Neuter Programme Delivery Strategies
🔹 Rabies Surveillance & Mission Rabies Experience in India
🔹 Rabies: Understanding the Hidden Threat
🔹 Surgical Pain Management in Dogs & Cats
🔹 Advancing the One Health Roadmap Towards Zero by 2030
🔹 Fighting Rabies through One Health
🔹 Oral Rabies Vaccines for Dogs
🔹 And several other emerging and practical aspects of rabies prevention, control and elimination.
🌐 CONNECT • LEARN • COLLABORATE
The programme offers a valuable opportunity to connect with professionals and experts from India and across the world and to understand how science, veterinary practice, public health, animal welfare and One Health approaches can work together to address rabies.
Whether you are a veterinarian, veterinary student, researcher, public-health professional, animal-health professional, NGO representative, animal-welfare professional or another stakeholder interested in rabies, this programme provides an international platform for learning and knowledge exchange.
📜 CERTIFICATE & CVE
⭐ 10 CVE Hours
📜 Participation/Completion Certificates will be provided to eligible registered participants, as specified in the programme.
🐾 LET US WORK TOGETHER FOR A RABIES-FREE WORLD
Rabies elimination requires collaboration across disciplines, institutions and borders.
HUMAN • ANIMAL • ENVIRONMENT
🌍 TOGETHER FOR A RABIES-FREE WORLD
🔗 REGISTRATION IS OPEN TO ALL
Secure your participation in this International Online Symposium & Workshop on Rabies 2026.
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Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, interact and be part of an international effort towards rabies elimination.
ZERO RABIES BY 2030 — END RABIES TOGETHER
Organised on the occasion of World Rabies Day 2026
Dr Rajesh Kumar Singh
Founder Chairman, Veterinary Association of India
Editor-in-Chief, Pashudhan Praharee



