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

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Dear Paul and Colleagues,

As the premier institution responsible for the certification of all veterinary vaccines produced or brought into Africa for use, AU-PANVAC wishes to make some comments in response to the issues on the epidemiologically targeted approach to immunization. 
 
In the first place, AU-PANVAC believes that it is not preferable to make the vaccines freely available to countries for an eradication programme, based on the following reasons:
·        This will destroy private engagement in the provision of veterinary services in Member States since private veterinarians will not work for free
·        It will diminish the importance of the vaccines to farmers and they may not appreciate the value of the vaccines if provided free of charge
·        The cost will be huge and may not be sustainable in many countries if the campaign is to be sponsored by national Governments
·        The quality of the vaccines cannot be guaranteed since the cold chain maintenance before and during administration cannot be guaranteed
 In this respect also, AU-PANVAC does not support  giving vaccines to the owners to do the vaccination themselves. Prescription of any type of drug by professional is the order of the day and administration of injectables should be done only by trained personnel. If the owners are given the vaccines to administer the cold chain, proper handling of vaccines and general administration cannot be guaranteed.  In addition, this situation is definitely bound to cause disharmony between the Governments and the private veterinarians because it would be viewed as destroying their livelihoods.
 
AU-PANVAC also has a different view with the targeted approach to immunization. In the first place, strategies for the control of PPR must be based on the epidemiological situation of the disease in the different countries and these strategies would definitely differ. For example where the prevalence of the disease is high and widely distributed, the approach would be to embark on a nation wide vaccine coverage such as in most countries in West Africa. However where there are only a few foci of infection within the country, targeted vaccination and surveillance would be advocated to ensure the disease does not spread to other non-infected areas. Where there is not recorded infection within a national boundary but there are threats from neighboring countries, strict surveillance would be advocated and if necessary limited vaccinations around the borders.
 
 
On the issue of funds for control, it is necessary to emphasize that Governments should be encouraged or lobbied to include PPR control in their annual budgets. This year, 2014 was denoted as the year of Agriculture by the African Union and the control of PPR has been identified as a priority by many stakeholders consequently, Governments should be encouraged to allocate funds to control this disease in their national boundaries.
 
Presently Africa has the enabling tools for the control of the disease which are namely: vaccines and diagnostic tools. There are currently several vaccine producing laboratories in Africa with the capacity to produce PPR vaccine of Good Quality. What is inadequate is the capacity to produce enough vaccines on a large scale for an eventual control programme. What should be done is to support these production laboratories  to build enough capacity to produce adequate amounts of vaccines for the African continent.


Dr. Karim Tounkara
Director 
Pan African Veterinary Vaccine Centre
African Union (AU/PANVAC)
P.O. Box 1746. DEBRE ZEIT - ETHIOPIA
Tel: + 251 11 437 12 86; + 251 11 433 80 01
Fax: + 251 11 433 88 44
Mobile: + 251 911 93 49 38




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Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:41:41 +0000
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Subject: Availability of vaccine for everyone.
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Dear All, 
With the socio-economists now fully engaged with us I am emboldened to ask a question from my back-burner. 
Attempting to eradicate PPR is a substantial task. Even if we follow, as discussed, an epidemiologically targeted approach to immunization (and I for one believe this is the way to go) we will have limitations on our resources. Therefore, ifwe focus these on the high-risk targeted populations how will we also control disease in the non-targeted areas and how best can this be done?  Will there be sufficient public funds for outbreak control  or do we have look for an alternative?  If the latter then I would like ask if we are in a position in some if not most countries to make PPR vaccine freely and widely available to those farmers who want to use it either themselves or through their local private animal health service provider? The invitation to this e-conference stated that one of the anticipated roles of PPR-GREN is to promote public-private partnerships. This could be one of them.
If we concentrate on the virus heartlands we must still have a contingency plan for livestock and their owners elsewhere. 
Comments please - Moderator.
 
 
 
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