WEDNESDAY, November 29, 2017		Documents
REDIPRA 16 Opening Ceremony	Romeo Montoya, representing Dr. Oscar Barreneche, Representative of the Pan American Health Organization in Guatemala  Ottorino Cosivi, Director, PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO Anacani Madrid, representing the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food of Guatemala Arnaldo Bringuez, representing Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare of Guatemala
Opening	Election of President and Rapporteurs
SESSION 1   Secretariat Report	Ottorino Cosivi, PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO	pdf
SESSION 2   Status of Rabies Programs in the countries of the Americas Moderator: Marco Vigilato, PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO	Report of “REDIPRA 16 survey” applied to the countries Manuel Sanchez, PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO	pdf
	Critical issues of rabies programs in the Americas Julio Pompei, PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO	-
SESSION 3   Round Table Debate: Endemicity persistence of canine rabies and human rabies transmitted by dog and its determinants Moderator: Eduardo Álvarez, PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO	Peru. José Luis Bustamante Navarro, Official Health Delegate	-
	Haiti. Max Millien, Official Agriculture Delegate	-
	Guatemala. Waleska Zeceña, Official Health Delegate	-
	Dominican Republic. Patricia Valerio, Official Health Delegate	-
SESSION 4   Regional Epidemiological Surveillance System for Rabies in the Americas –  SIRVERA Introduction to the topic: Manuel Sanchez, PANAFTOSA-PAHO/WHO	Potential, implemented innovations and compliance level in the countries Baldomero Molina Flores, PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO	pdf
	An interactive tool providing management guidance for achieving elimination of dog-mediated rabies Katie Hampson, Glasgow University	pdf
THURSDAY, November 30, 2017
SESSION 5   Surveillance, Prevention and Control of Sylvatic Rabies: Lessons Learned Moderator: Marco Vigilato, PANAFTOSA-PAHO/WHO	Epidemiological surveillance of bats in the USA Jesse Blanton, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), WHO Collaborating Center	pdf
	Spillover and its impact on the chain of rabies transmission Jairo Hernandéz Márquez, Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia	pdf
	Surveillance and selective control of hematophagous bat colonies Antonio Belarmino Machado Junior, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply of Brazil	pdf
	Pre-exposure prophylaxis schemes. Experience in risk groups in Amazonian communities José Luis Bustamante Navarro, Ministry of Health of Peru	pdf
SESSION 6  Current and potential capacity for the diagnosis of rabies in the Americas Moderator: Charles Rupprecht, Professor (Adjunct) at The Wistar Institute	Results of REDIPRA 16 Survey. Manuel Sanchez, PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO	pdf
	Update of the publication “WHO Rabies Diagnosis Techniques” Charles Rupprecht, Professor (Adjunct) at The Wistar Institute	-
	Key activities. Jesse Blanton, CDC, USA	pdf
	Key activities. Andrea Silva, São Paulo Pasteur Institute, Brazil	pdf
	Key activities. Peter Buck, Public Health Agency, Canada	pdf
SESSION 7   Round Table Debate: Integration of International Technical Cooperation in Rabies Moderator: Eduardo Álvarez, PANAFTOSA-PAHO/WHO	OIRSA	-
	OIE - Catya Martinez Rivas, Technical Assistant, Subregional Representation of the OIE for the Americas	-
	ORAS - Luis Francisco Beingolea More, Coordinator of the Andean surveillance network	-
	PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO Ottorino Cosivi, Director	-
	WAP - Melania Gamboa, Veterinary Programs Manager	-
RECOMMENDATIONS	Presentation, discussion and approval of REDIPRA 16 recommendations Ottorino Cosivi, PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO	ESP