The following activities have been carried out by the department of community medicine of MKCG Medical College, Berhampur, Orissa.

1) A CME was conducted among the General Physicians of Berhampur town on treatment of animal bite where Dr RMTripathy, Prof. & HOD of Community Medicine chaired the session and Dr DMSatapathy was the speaker. 35 GPs attended the CME. This CME was organized by Sanofi pasteur.

2) Another CME was held at Rayagada district in june 2010. This CME was organised by the IMA Rayagada branch with the help of sanofi pasteur. The speakers were Dr DMSatapathy and Dr TRBehera. 25 Doctors participated in this CME.

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It is the time of the year again, when stalwarts in the field of Rabies control from all over the country and from abroad come together to share their experiences and discuss advances made. APCRICON goes to the national capital this year and promises engagements like never seen before.

Welcome to APCRICON 2010, New Delhi, on the 3rd and 4th of July.

The 12th edition of Apcricon shall see deliberations by National and International experts in the field of Rabies Control and Scientific Paper Presentations by researchers. During this conference, the APCRI Young Scientist Award for 2010 shall also be presented.

For complete details please visit the

Conference Website

There is no Registration fee for the Workshop.  However, travel arrangements have to be made by the individual delegates.

Copies of IEC material available with you (in English or Hindi) shall be send to the Organizing Secretary of the Workshop, whose details are given below. This will be used to prepare background material for the Workshop.

Kindly confirm your participation at the earliest (before 1st March 2010) to the Organizing Secretary.

Organizing Secretary:
Dr.B.R.Harish,
Associate Professor,
Dept of Community Medicine,MIMS,
Zonal Representative,South,APCRI
MANDYA, Karnataka, 571401
Email:harishmims@gmail.com
Ph:(R) 08232 221575
(M) 0 9448444396

Download: Operational Guidelines for Rabies Prophylaxis – Intra Dermal Rabies Vaccination and Rigs Administration in Kerala

As part of IDRV Kerala 2010, a state level Training of Trainers (ToT) was conducted to provide hands on training on RIGs administration on 25^th and 26^th January 2010 at the Anti rabies Clinic of General Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram. There were 75 participants including Medical officers and Staff nurses from 14 district hospitals, Regional PEID cell coordinators, Medical officers and Health inspectors of Anti Rabies Clinic of 5 Govt. Medical Colleges. The training was led by Dr.G.Sampath, Deputy Civil Surgeon, IPM, Hyderabad & President, APCRI and Dr.D.H.Ashwath Narayana, Asso.Prof, Community Medicine, KIMS, Bangalore. The World Health Organisation (WHO) protocols for administering RIGs were explained to the audience. Patients who came to the Anti rabies clinic were given RIGs and the process of administration was demonstrated to the whole participants through Close Circuit Television (CCTV).

The afternoon session was organized in KGMOA hall where the participants had discussion with the trainers on administration of IDRV. Dr.M.K.Jeevan, Director of Health Services and Dr.V.Geetha, Director of Medical Education graced the valedictory function held at KGMOA hall, Thiruvananthapuram. Dr.V.Geetha handed over the momentos to Dr.G.Sampath, Dr.D.H.Ashwath Narayana, Dr.Preetha,ARC General Hospital and Mr.Sathpathy,Bharat Serums and Biologicals.

On the second day the participants were given opportunity to administer RIGs to Cat III patients at ARC, General Hospital.