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A tribute to the work of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division for the Control and Eradication of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR)
30/04/2015
At the International Conference for the Control and Eradication of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, in April, Dr Adama Diallo, a staff member of the...
Countries pledge to wipe out sheep and goat plague globally
02/04/2015
High-level authorities from 15 countries pledged on Thursday to collaborate on a global plan to wipe out forever the devasting animal disease known as ‘Peste des petits ruminants' by 2030,...
Targeting total eradication of a devastating livestock disease
31/03/2015
The world can definitively stamp out a plague that devastates sheep and goats, freeing hundreds of millions of rural families from one of the major risks to their food security...
Peste des Petits Ruminants control and fresh water aqua production projects signed to support the livestock and fisheries sector development
17/02/2015
FAO teams up with the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rangelands and provides about USD 1 million.
Producing the right vaccine for the PPR Global Control and Eradication Programme
18/12/2014
Small ruminants like sheep and goats are one of the most important economic and social assets of poor people living in rural areas worldwide. Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is...