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Use of a data gathering toolbox is spurring policy and animal health actions to control and eradicate peste des petits ruminants in East and West Africa

A data gathering suite of tools created by the International Livestock Research Institute and partners have generated important epidemiological and socio-economic data to inform the control of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in countries across East and West Africa. The tools, which have been adopt...

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Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Livestock
Format: Case Study
Language:Inglés
Published: 2021
Subjects:
livestock
research
farmers
livelihoods
health
animal health
data
ruminants
west africa
africa
tools
peste des petits ruminants
researchers
ruminant
countries
petits ruminants
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121539
Summary:A data gathering suite of tools created by the International Livestock Research Institute and partners have generated important epidemiological and socio-economic data to inform the control of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in countries across East and West Africa. The tools, which have been adopted by researchers and National Research Institutes in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso and Uganda, are contributing to global PPR eradication efforts aimed at protecting the livelihoods of millions of small ruminant livestock farmers.

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