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Establishment of a PPR Global Research and Expertise Network (PPR-GREN)

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Dear Colleagues,

My name is  Eunice  Ndung’u and I am currently working  at Veterinary Research  Centre, Muguga,  Kenya Agricultural  Research  Institute.  I wish to thank the GF TADs PPR Working Group for registering me to the PPR-GREN E-conference. Valuable inputs to ongoing PPR E-conference have been made by various contributors. In addition to inputs already made, the proposed strategy for PPR eradication process should also take into consideration the following: 
1) Coordinated technology transfer to all network laboratories:-Collaborations between well developed international laboratories and other laboratories should be strengthened or established where they are nonexistent. This will facilitate technology transfer especially specific diagnostic tools that are critical to PPR surveillance.  
2) High cost of reagents/kits/ diagnostic tools:The cost of acquisition of reagents and test kits would be minimised or eliminated altogether if the technology for preparating various diagnostic kits is transferred to selected laboratories located in regions where PPR is endemic (many African countries from Northern Africa to Tanzania, in the Middle East, in Central and Southern Asia and in parts of China). 
3)There is  need to ensure  quality  control /assurance  in all  laboratories  dealing  with  research  and  diagnosis:- Implementation of international standards/quality management systems and  external quality  assurance   programme  that  includes  participation proficiency testing  programme.This will assure the quality and reliability of results generated by laboratories.   
4) Eradication strategy  to includeeffective  coordination systems   that  ensure  that  PPR  control  and  subsequent  eradication  activities   utilize  standardized and harmonised surveillance guidelines.
 
Eunice Karungari Ndung’u
Senior Research Officer,
Veterinary Research Centre, Muguga, 
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute.  

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