Dear Colleagues, Below are components and respective areas/action for PPR plan recommended by SAARC delegates in a meeting: Policy Human resource; Vaccination - coverage & frequency (mass, targeted, etc); Vaccine bank; Participation in regional strategy. Institutional setup and capacity building institutional set up and institutional linkages /Implementing capacity; Capacity building (human resource, lab reagents); Research-local & regional knowledge generation; Vaccine bank; Outbreak Response / Contingency plan Response mechanisms; Contingency plan/guidelines; Outbreak investigation SOP; Quarantine procedures; Legislation Legal policy for PPR control o Before outbreak o During outbreak o Livestock movement control . Import/export of live animals Epidemiology & Surveillance Information sharing at national/regional/ global level; Surveillance strategy /plan and activities; Reliable and authentic data; Epidemiology of PPR outbreaks; Risk factor analysis/Identification hotspots; National serological surveillance; Value chain evaluation/analysis; Disease reporting system; Import risk analysis; Vaccine and vaccination Quality; Availability; production capacity in-country; Resources available for vaccine production; GLP & Cold chain maintenance; Vaccine bank; Marker vaccine production/DIVA system; Diagnosis Laboratory testing facilities; Field diagnostic test; Laboratory diagnostic test; Diagnostic reagent availability/production; Harmonization of diagnostic protocols; Impact assessment Systematic Socio- economic impact assessment Advocacy and Communication Advocacy; Awareness and communication; Strengthening regional communication; Monitoring and evaluation Independent monitoring and evaluation Akram ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FAO-AnimalHealth-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FAO-AnimalHealth-L&A=1