PPR Global Research and Expertise Meeting (PPR-GREN): 3rd Meeting. Report of the virtual meeting, 9–12 November 2020
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly transmissible viral disease that affects and kills small ruminants in over 70 countries in Africa, the Near and Middle East and Asia. By means of the PPR Global Eradication Programme (PPR GEP), the eradication of the disease is targeted for 2030. To...
GF-TADs Strategy for 2021–2025. Enhancing control of transboundary animal diseases for global health
Since 2004, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) have cooperated in the Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs) to reduce the threat from transboundary animal diseases (TADs) to food security, livelihoods and safe...
Peste des petits ruminants outbreak investigation in wildlife. Report of the virtual training workshop 16–17 March 2021
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is an important disease of wildlife and a threat to biodiversity, in addition to having major impacts on small ruminant production. Aiming to enhance capacity to detect and respond to suspected PPR events...
Guidelines for the Control and Prevention of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in Wildlife Populations
The PPR Secretariat, the OIE Working Group on Wildlife, and the PPR Global Research and Expertise Network (GREN) have jointly developed these guidelines for PPR prevention, outbreak response, and control in wildlife, which can be used by countries to develop their PPR national strategic plans. These guidelines are intended to...
Stop African swine fever (ASF): Public and private partnering for success. Report of the online event. 14–28 June 2021
African swine fever (ASF) virus continues to spread across the globe with a huge socio-economic impact. Coordinated efforts among all relevant stakeholders are needed to achieve control of this deadly disease. Public and private partnerships (PPPs) can provide optimal use of the unique strengths of both sectors when they are...