Consortium Activities & CMEs
Documenting CARCON annual conferences, community awareness initiatives, clinical training programs, and multi-sectoral One Health symposiums across India.
CARCON 2024 — 12th Annual National Conference of Consortium Against Rabies
More than 200 medical delegates, clinicians, and researchers from across India gathered in Jammu. The prestigious Dr. A.T. Kannan & Dr. Omesh Bharti Oration was awarded to Dr. G. Sampath. The One Health approach was the central scientific highlight, alongside paper presentations, expert panels on intradermal rabies vaccination, and policy roadmaps towards Zero Rabies Deaths 2030.
World Rabies Day — National Awareness Rallies & School Outreach
Every year, the Consortium engages schools, medical colleges, and community centers with animal bite education, short video contests, and poster competitions. The emphasis is on immediate 15-minute wound washing with soap and water, timely vaccination, and dispelling dangerous myths like applying chili or lime.
Rabies Awareness Summit & Multi-Sectoral Stakeholder Dialogue
A landmark multi-sectoral symposium uniting human healthcare doctors, veterinarians, municipal health officers, and civil society representatives. The summit explored rabies surveillance, municipal dog bite mitigation, and expanding Intradermal Rabies Vaccination (IDRV) clinics into rural primary healthcare centers.
Newer Dimensions in Rabies Prevention & Control
Focused CME sessions for casualty doctors, pediatricians, and interns on modern rabies biologicals, monoclonal antibodies, and post-exposure prophylaxis protocols for immunocompromised patients.
Mewat Outreach Camps & Primary Health Centre Training
Hands-on training of primary care medical officers in high animal bite burden rural districts. Demonstrated proper intradermal technique raising a visible pea-sized induration (wheal) and localized wound infiltration of immunoglobulin.
Want CAR to Host a Rabies CME in Your Medical College?
Our executive council faculties regularly travel to regional medical colleges across India to conduct expert CMEs on IDRV and animal bite management.