Report of the sixth meeting of the International Coordinating Group of the World Health Organization and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation project on eliminating human and dog rabies

Overview

The sixth meeting of the International Coordinating Group (ICG) of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) project on eliminating human and dog rabies was held in Durban, South Africa, on 22–24 September 2014. Its purpose was to determine the way forward as the projects draw to a conclusion, with focus on their sustainability, expansion into other geographies and the dissemination of results and information to catalyse progress beyond the project sites. Rabies elimination is possible and requires working across different sectors.