Gambia: Gambia Validates 2017-2027 PPR Control Strategy –

By Haddy Touray

Partner organizations under the Ministry of Agriculture, over the weekend, reviewed the Gambia’s Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) Control and Eradication Strategy Plan 2017-2027.

The validation workshop, hosted by the DLS and funded by the African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), aimed to strengthen national efforts against PPR, a highly contagious viral disease that severely affects sheep and goats, threatening the livelihoods, nutrition,…