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Rinderpest, the first animal disease to be eradicated by mankind: a global
Rome, 28 June 2011- The FAO Conference, the highest body of the UN agency, adopted a resolution declaring global freedom from the devastating disease. Today's declaration marked the final step in a decade-long global campaign implemented by FAO, in close coordination with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and other partners to eradicate rinderpest. This rinderpest eradication represents a collaborative effort in which the Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme (GREP) played a key role.
The last rinderpest outbreak was registered in wild buffalo in Kenya in 2001, and the last vaccination took place in 2006.
Listen to the statements of the official declaration ceremony.
1. Dr. Modibo Traoré, Assistant Director-General for Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department
Listen to the statements of the official declaration ceremony.
1. Dr. Modibo Traoré, Assistant Director-General for Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department
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