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Towards eradication of a devastating ruminant disease despite the COVID-19 pandemic
14/07/2022
Small ruminants play a key role in supporting livelihoods, child nutrition and enabling resilience to climate change. About 300 million families worldwide, from the warm Sahel to the cold Mongolian...
Panel discussion on PPR and rabies vaccination highlights diverse One Health approaches to health service delivery
11/02/2022
On 6th January 2022, a panel discussion was held to explore the topic of integrated and co-delivery strategies for rabies and peste des petits ruminants (PPR) vaccination. Organised by the...
Training helps prevention, control, and eradication of a contagious small ruminant disease
31/01/2022
At a three-day FAO workshop starting today, nine countries around the Black Sea basin learn risk-based approaches to prevent, control, and eradicate Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), a highly contagious...
Engaging vaccine producers in the control and eradication of peste des petits ruminants
03/01/2022
Sheep and goats are one of the most important economic and social assets of poor people who live in rural areas worldwide. According to the World Bank, two thirds of...
Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR): FAO calls for more funding to eradicate the disease by 2030
10/12/2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today called on donors and Members to increase funding to fight Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), which the United Nations agency, together with the...