9 Sept | PPR research for development at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
The PPR experts from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) will be discussing about the latest PPR research development. Presentations will include the development of a thermotolerant PPR vaccine and its field testing in several East and West African countries, a description of the BUILD-PPR project and the epizone approach adopted, followed by the development of DIVA vaccines, assessment of simultaneous vaccine administration, and the use of various serological assays, including penside tests. The last presentation will tackle economics and policy based on the Global Burden of Diseases Study (GBADs) and a review of the South African Development Community PPR control strategy.
ILRI speakers: Dieter Schillinger/Vish Nene, Phil Toye, Michel Dione, Henry Kiara, Edward Okoth, Nicholas Svitek, Wudu Temesgen, Theo Knight-Jones.
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7 Oct | Community-led approaches for PPR eradication
The speaker will share experiences from their ongoing work with community-based paravets (pashu sakhis) who provide preventive health care (including preventive vaccination and de-worming) and extension services to goat flocks against a fee, emerging as entrepreneurs in the community. These initiatives have resulted in an improvement in goat productivity and a considerable reduction in goat mortality, improving incomes for goat rearers who are primarily women. Moreover, the pashu sakhis have emerged as role-models in their communities, gaining considerable respect and recognition.
Speaker: Tinni Sawhney (Chief Executive Officer of Aga Khan Foundation, India).
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17 Nov | Contributions of Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (VSF) to the 2030 global PPR eradication programme
FAO PPR Secretariat would like to invite you to the next PPR Stakeholder Series on “Contributions of Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (VSF) to the 2030 global PPR eradication programme”. This seminar will start with an introductory presentation on the range of VSFs’ contributions, from detection to mitigation of socio-economic impacts, on national PPR control and elimination programmes. This will be followed by an overview of the development and training on real-time digital collection tools, the rolling out of thermostable vaccines, women empowerment in PPR control, and the private local veterinary service as an effective model for the eradication of PPR in the Sahel.
Presenters: Fisseha Abenet, Wesinew Adugna Bekele, Davis Ikiror, Buckary Barkadle (VSF-Suisse), Martin Barasa, Merkeb Beley (VSF-Germany), Gilles Vias Franck (VSF-Belgium). Moderator: Alexia Rondeau (VSF-International).
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