OUR MISSION
AN INDIA FREE OF
DOG-MEDIATE RABIES
CreIndia bats for a comprehensive One Health approach to eliminate dog-mediated rabies in India and beyond. We are a group of researchers eager to collaborate, cooperate and conquer over this scourge of the disease.
Our Partners and Collaborators
Meet our Project Investigator
Dr Harish Tiwari
Dr Harish Tiwari has a PhD from Murdoch University, Australia . A graduate of Assam Agricultural University, India , Dr Tiwari was commissioned to the Remount Veterinary Corps of the Indian Army, where he served in various positions in peace and field locations for 16 years before taking voluntary retirement as a Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col). A recipient of the ICAR Junior Research Fellowship for his master’s degree from PAU, Ludhiana, India , Dr Tiwari won the International Postgraduate Research Fellowship to pursue a doctorate in Australia. During his PhD research, he developed novel approaches to dog enumeration in India. He authored the thesis titled 'Free-roaming dog population, community perception and control of dog-related rabies: the Indian story' .
OUR VISION
ONE FIGHT ONE VISION ONE HEALTH
The project aims to achieve its vision through studies on free-roaming dog ecology, anti-rabies prophylaxis in dogs, integrated dog-bite and rabies surveillance, post-exposure prophylaxis in humans, awareness of rabies, and responsible dog ownership, while also generating and promoting the social utility of free-roaming dogs. Learn More..
* Image taken from World Organisation for Animal Health
