Peste Des Petits Ruminants (PPR): Progress and Efforts Toward 2030 Eradication
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Viruses".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 149
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Interests: peste des petits ruminants virus; PPRV; FMDV; vaccines; pathogenesis of PPRV
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Interests: peste des petits ruminants; animal health; disease control/eradication; small ruminant production; epidemiology; socio-economic impact and wildlife
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In April 2015, the FAO and WOAH International Conference for the Control and Eradication of Peste des Petits Ruminants, held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, approved the PPR Global Control and Eradication Strategy (PPR GCES) [1], with the aim of achieving PPR global eradication by 2030. The PPR GCES was operationalized via the first five-year PPR Global Eradication Programme (PPR GEP) (2017–2021) [2], which laid the foundation for implementing the strategy. The progress made, lessons learnt, and experience of partners in the first five years of the operational phase were reviewed and subsequently informed the development of the operational guide, (the Blueprint for PPR eradication by 2030, or PPR GEP II and III [3]) that was launched on 4th November 2022. The success of the PPR GEP Blueprint implementation will depend in part on innovative research that will support the implementation of PPR eradication activities up until 2030.
The PPR Global Research and Expertise Network (PPR-GREN) was established in 2018 as a forum for scientific and technical consultation to foster information sharing, coordination, and collaboration for researchers and implementers in support of PPR eradication. The role of experts in PPR GREN is to identify key knowledge gaps and research priorities for PPR eradication and ensure that new research informs an evidence-based and adaptive GEP. The GREN is divided into four thematic groups, namely vaccination strategy (diagnosis, surveillance, and vaccine implementation), episystem, socioeconomics, and atypical including wildlife.
Therefore, this PPR Special Issue invites manuscripts (research/reviews/policy) from all thematic groups, especially those recently presented in the 7th PPR GREN meeting at ADAFSA, Abu Dhabi.
[1] PPR Global Control and Eradication Strategy: https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/I4460E (accessed on 4th Jan 2025);
[2] PPR Global Eradication Programme: https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/CA0711EN (accessed on 4th Jan 2025);
[3] Blueprint for PPR eradication by 2030: https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/09062427-dd62-4fdc-8ec7-ef6b76402f92 (accessed on 4th Jan 2025).
Prof. Dr. Satya Parida
Dr. Felix Njeumi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV)
- PPR
- PPR in sheep, goats, cattle, buffaloes, and wildlife
- PPR vaccination strategy
- diagnosis
- surveillance
- epidemiology
- episystem
- socioeconomics
- transmission
- pathogenesis
- atypical hosts and wildlife hosts
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