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Rinderpest Disease

01/12/2021

This series on rinderpest, aims to improve knowledge and capacities to suspect and rapidly identify and control an outbreak if re-emergence occurs.

 

Rinderpest Disease Recognition

The course provides an overview of rinderpest eradication and illustrates the consequences of a possible re-emergence. It also describes the disease etiology and epidemiology, clinical signs, post-mortem findings and differential diagnosis.

 

The Global Rinderpest Action Plan

The course provides an overview of the Global Rinderpest Action Plan (GRAP) and the five stages of rinderpest emergency management – prepare, prevent, detect, respond, and recover. The course illustrates the GRAP’s framework, actions and responsibilities, at the national, regional, and international levels, thereby ensuring continued global freedom from rinderpest.

 

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