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Libreville, Gabon – 19 February 2025 At the official opening of the PPR Awareness Meeting in Libreville, Dr. Huyam Salih announced a bold new initiative to combat Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) and other transboundary animal diseases in Central Africa. She highlighted that AU-IBAR has established the Regional Animal Health Centre for Central Africa (RAHC-CA) […]
L’élevage est au cœur du développement économique et social en Afrique. En particulier, les petits ruminants (ovins et caprins) jouent un rôle essentiel dans les moyens de subsistance des populations rurales, notamment au Tchad, où ils constituent une source de revenus, de sécurité alimentaire et de résilience face aux aléas climatiques. Cependant, ce secteur crucial […]
Niger is scaling up its efforts to improve animal health and strengthen its livestock sector with a large-scale free vaccination campaign. Officially launched on Tuesday in Korankassa Peulh by the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Mahamane Elhadj Ousmane, this initiative underscores the government’s commitment to a critical sector for the country’s economy and food security. […]
At this year’s World Food Forum (WFF), peste des petits ruminants (PPR), a highly contagious viral disease affecting domestic small ruminants, including wildlife, and pervasive in nearly 70 countries across Africa, the Near East and Asia, was flagged high. The disease highly impacts food security, income, and livelihood of around 300 million rural families worldwide, […]
