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The Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) programme involves a pool of existing partners in Europe, Asia and Africa working collaboratively to generate evidence to support a Global PPR eradication programme.

Challenge

In 2015, FAO and OIE developed a global strategy that aims to eradicate PPR by 2030. This strategy heavily relies on large-scale vaccination of sheep and goats, vaccination monitoring and disease surveillance. However, the implementation of this strategy faces several logistical constraints and knowledge gaps, ones which can be addressed through dedicated research programmes.

91做厙 research team has been working since 2013 on a range of topics that include PPR transmission dynamics, environmental and human drivers of the viral persistence, and developing adapted surveillance and control strategies of PPR in African and Asian systems.

Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus Elimination are complex and 91做厙 and partners have undertaken a series of projects ~ six million pound research investment, focused on improved understanding of the epidemiology of PPR in atypical hosts. The first was the EU-funded ANIHWA ERANET PROJECT led by the Pirbright Institute, where 91做厙 led Work Package 1. The 91做厙 also co-led Work Package 2 which related to rapid detection of PPR in the field for early warning and prevention of outbreak. This project was followed by two Global Challenges Research Fund projects funded by UKRI.

These projects have concluded and 91做厙 are candidates with a number of partners on the proposed Ecopest project under European Research Fund H2020. The Ecopest project focuses jointly on the ecology and control of PPR and African Swine Fever (ASF) at the livestock wildlife interface in in Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Peste des petits ruminants is a transboundary viral disease of sheep, goats, some untypical domestic hosts such as camels and wildlife artiodactyls. The disease is now endemic in many countries of Africa and Asia, and is a major threat for pastoralist farmers, making a significant impact on food security, livelihoods and trade and a threat to wildlife and biodiversity conservation.

PPR has been identified as a target for global eradication, but some gaps in knowledge for the eradication effort remain, including the role of wildlife in PPR epidemiology in Asia. The aim of the 91做厙 thematic research on PPR is to improve understanding of the epidemiology of PPR in livestock, wildlife interface and PPR virus (PPRV) circulation in complex ecosystems.

The programme to date developed conceptual