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E-Conference to launch Global Research and Expertise Network on PPR
03/02/2014
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a widespread, virulent and devastating animal disease of domestic and wild small ruminants. It is caused by a morbillivirus closely related to the rinderpest...
Second Regional Workshop on Progressive Control of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) for South Asian Countries
20/01/2014
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an economic and geopolitical union of eight member nations (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). Its animal...
FAO and OIE working group building global strategy for Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR)
16/09/2013
In January 2013, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) created a new mechanism to enhance the protection of...
FAO project boosts capacity building in Southern African countries fighting small ruminant plague
06/08/2013
FAO is currently partnering with the three countries to prevent further spread of the disease through the regional Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) of the Sub-regional Office for Southern Africa, based...
Towards a strategy for the control of Peste des Petits Ruminants in the Arabian Peninsula
26/04/2013
FAO Sub-Regional Office for the Gulf Cooperation Council States and Yemen (SNG), the Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (RNE), the Animal Production and Health Division, and...