SMALL RUMINANT POPULATION (goat-sheep): 302.990 - 143.983

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION FIRST/LAST OUTBREAK: PPR is endemic in all parts of the country.

CONTROL ACTIVITIES: Nationwide vaccination campaign supported by VACNADA, WAAPP and FASDEP DLS. 175,409 animals vaccinated in 2015. National Strategic Plan developed and validated in September 2017.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Extensive pasture-based form of rearing of which 89% of rural households rear at least one small ruminant (average flock size: 6 animals) 74% of goats and 47% of sheep are managed by women.