PPR

ILRI News on PPR

18 May 2022

PPR epidemiology to inform risk-based control in Uganda

Joseph Nkamwesiga is a PhD student at Freie Universität Berlin. His PhD research topic is epidemiology of peste des petit ruminants (PPR) in Uganda . It contributes to the PPR epidemiology component of the Boosting Uganda’s Investment in Livestock Development (BUILD) project, whose overall...

Pamela WairagalaCommunications and Knowledge Management Senior Officer

ILRI News

22 Oct 2021

Pacem Kotchofa’s PPR research wins second place at World Food Forum’s Transformative Research Challenge

Pacem Kotchofa, a Beninese-born agricultural economist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) who leads the socio-economic thematic group of the Peste de Petits Ruminants (PPR) Global Research and Expertise Network (PPR GREN), was awarded second place at the World Food Forum’s...

Brenda CorominaPrinceton in Africa Fellow: Assistant Writer/Editor

ILRI News

11 Feb 2021

Strengthening wildlife health capacities and use of One Health can support global efforts to eradicate ‘goat plague’

In Africa, ILRI is implementing the Epidemiology and Control of Peste des petits ruminants (ECO-PPR) research project, with several partners in East and West Africa and in collaboration with French Agricultural Research and International Cooperation organization (CIRAD) and the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) to support initiatives towards eradicating PPR.

Ekta PatelScientist & Communications Manager - Biosciences

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Publications on PPR

Journal Article

Published2022

Crossing the line: Seroprevalence and risk factors for transboundary animal diseases along the Tanzania-Zambia border

Brief

Published2022

Gendered roles and disease management in small ruminant enterprises in agropastoral and pastoral systems: Implications for PPR control

Journal Article

Published2022

Spatio-temporal cluster analysis and transmission drivers for peste des petits ruminants in Uganda

Report

Published2021

Ateliers de formation sur l’Analyse qualitative et cartographique des risques (AQCR) pour l’optimisation de la surveillance et contrôle de la Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) au Sénégal, Mali et Burkina Faso Epidémiologie et contrôle de la peste des petits ruminants (ECo-PPR)

Video

Published2021

Call for action to eradicate peste des petits ruminants: Evidence from Senegal

Journal Article

Published2022

Women's empowerment and livestock vaccination: Evidence from Peste des Petits Ruminants vaccination interventions in northern Ghana

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ILRI Projects on PPR

Jun 2019May 2022

Epidemiology and control of peste des petits ruminants in East and West Africa

The global strategy for the control and eradication of peste des petits ruminants has been endorsed by more than 200 countries with the vision of a world free of the disease by 2030. This project supports ongoing global control and eradication efforts led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of...

PPR

ILRI News on PPR

PPR epidemiology to inform risk-based control in Uganda

Pacem Kotchofa’s PPR research wins second place at World Food Forum’s Transformative Research Challenge

Strengthening wildlife health capacities and use of One Health can support global efforts to eradicate ‘goat plague’

Publications on PPR

Crossing the line: Seroprevalence and risk factors for transboundary animal diseases along the Tanzania-Zambia border

Gendered roles and disease management in small ruminant enterprises in agropastoral and pastoral systems: Implications for PPR control

Spatio-temporal cluster analysis and transmission drivers for peste des petits ruminants in Uganda

Ateliers de formation sur l’Analyse qualitative et cartographique des risques (AQCR) pour l’optimisation de la surveillance et contrôle de la Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) au Sénégal, Mali et Burkina Faso Epidémiologie et contrôle de la peste des petits ruminants (ECo-PPR)

Call for action to eradicate peste des petits ruminants: Evidence from Senegal

Women's empowerment and livestock vaccination: Evidence from Peste des Petits Ruminants vaccination interventions in northern Ghana

ILRI Projects on PPR

Epidemiology and control of peste des petits ruminants in East and West Africa

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR): developing a pan African strategy for disease control