The project entitled 'Transmission and virulence of rinderpest virus' has been approved and financed by the European Economic Community, General Direction XII (EEC-GD XII — STD2). It comprises a total of four laboratories: - ...

Rinderpest is a contagious viral disease of large ruminants, both domestic and wild, which is frequently fatal. No curative treatment exists but prophylaxis based on vaccination and quarantine allows it to be controlled ...

The 7th Regional Meeting on the Evaluation and the Coordination of the Pan-African Campaign against Rinderpest and Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia was held from November 30th to December 4th, 1992, at the headquarters ...

Nigeria is situated in the South Eastern part of West Africa and is bordered to the West by Benin Republic, North by Niger Republic, East by Cameroon, North East by Chad Republic and to the South by the Atlantic Ocean. ...

The Rinderpest Eradication Strategy Workshop for Southern Sudan 1-2ndAugust 2001 was organised by VSF-Belgium for the Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS) Southern Sector Livestock Programme under the co-ordination of the Pan ...

The last foci of lineage 1 rinderpest virus in Africa is believed to lie in the southern region of Sudan. The cattle populations in the border areas of southern Sudan move across international borders for pasture and trade. ...

Throughout most of the life of the OLS Livestock Programme, conventional wisdom held that rinderpest eradication from southern Sudan was not possible without peace. It was not until 1998, that the extent of the impact of ...

PROPOSED STRATEGIES FOR PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTAION BETWEEN 1998 AND 2008.pdf

During year one the project has focussed on introducing the strategy for the eradication of rinderpest from Sudan to all stakeholders, ensuring that mass rinderpest vaccination stopped in line with the strategy, improving ...