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Kenya & Uganda

Our single project in these bordering countries promotes the use of vaccines to end Peste des Petits Ruminants (sheep and goat plague). It is part of a global effort, launched in 2015, to eradicate the disease.

Projects

Peste des Petits Ruminants Vaccine Associate Award

Videos from Project

Lessons in Working Towards Global Eradication of Peste des Petits Ruminants

Recording of the Webinar, December 2, 2020 (Zoom link): https://ufl.zoom.us/rec/share/sN3KgSLOBJ15ngy9BS4BIJLMdPYNl3_bCV5Xiaxg33-gwmhgszDP19jVAljLoDFE.KbNiASvpgdA3Wec1

Presentation of Lessons in Working Towards Global Eradication of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PDF)

Useful links

Follow these links for more information.

Blogs and news:

Success story: Detecting livestock diseases to improve food security in Uganda
Success story: Data collection in Uganda: One goat at a time, rain or shine

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems is part of Feed the Future

This work was funded in whole or part by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Resilience, Environment and Food Security under Agreement # AID-OAA-L-15-00003 as part of Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems. Additional funding was received from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation OPP#060115. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed here are those of the authors alone.