Dear Colleagues,

I believe the vaccination should be done widely and thoroughly as suggested
by Dr. Bill Taylor. Half hearted approach will not work. But with
vaccination, surveillance for clinical outbreaks have to be strengthened and
each outbreak should traced both backward and forward. Movement control and
Ring vaccination in case of outbreaks should also be ensured.

 

Dr. M. Afzal, D.V.M. M.Sc.(UAF), Ph.D.(USA)

Project Coordinator (GCP/PAK/127/USA)

Progressive Control of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in Pakistan

FAO Pakistan Office, Park Road

Islamabad

Phone: 051-9255890           Fax: 051-9255891            Cell: 0346-8544161

 

 

 

From: Establishment of a PPR Global Research and Expertise Network
(PPR-GREN) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul
Rossiter
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 12:16 AM
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Subject: Another Good Question; this time from Drs Taylor and Kivaria.

 

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

Dr Bill Taylor, who is very well known to most of us,  made a striking
challenge in his contribution. He suggested that unless we use vaccine
sufficiently widely and thoroughly to stop transmission of the virus in its
endemic heartlands (moderator's summary) then we are simply going to help
virus perpetuation. Therefore,  "why waste public resources vaccinating?"
The idea received support from Dr Kivaria who went even further to say that
perhaps we should just live with the disease.  I wonder how many of us think
the same?    

 

Would some of you like to comment on Dr Taylor's and Dr Kivaria's
suggestions giving us feedback on how you see public finances being used to
bring about serious "progressive control" or whether this disease could just
be left to itself and to the the private sector.  

 

In a way the topic leads to the basic question of why do we want to
eradicate PPR?  We all assume this has been answered but has it? Some
reasons have been put forward in a few contributions to the conference but
are they enough to convince policy and decision makers and those who hold
the purse strings? 

 

With regards - moderator. 

 

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