Final Reports of the Meeting of Rabies Program Directors in the Americas (REDIPRA)
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PAHO convenes REDIPRA approximately every 2 years. The conclusions and recommendations of the meeting are presented for consideration and approval to the Ministers of Health and Agriculture of PAHO member states during the Inter-American Ministerial Meeting on Health and Agriculture (RIMSA). Regional intersectoral policies related to the rabies elimination program are discussed within RIMSA to be subsequently submitted to the PAHO Directing Council. The Meeting of Rabies Program Directors of the Americas (REDIPRA) was created as a result of RIMSA III and the 29th PAHO Directing Council. The first REDIPRA meeting was held in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in December of 1983, where the strategies and the "Action Plan for the elimination of urban rabies in the main cities of Latin America" were approved; since then, over 15 meetings have been held. The purpose of REDIPRA is to review the strategies of the regional plan for the prevention of human rabies and recommend actions to national control programs of the countries to ensure the processes for the elimination of dog-transmitted rabies and reduce the risk of rabies transmitted by wildlife species in the Americas. REDIPRA consists of representatives from the ministries of health and agriculture of the countries of the Americas. Observers include representatives of specialized United Nations agencies and other intergovernmental organizations, accredited entities from civil society (including NGOs), accredited entities from the productive and commercial sector, research institutes, universities, international technical and financial cooperation agencies. The objectives of these biennial meetings are:
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