It is a great idea and  I think we should expand to other aspects (socio-econimonic impacts, epidemiology (Ro,...) food security,...) by doing systematic review or scoping study  in order to identify information gaps  to address properly the control or the eradication of PPR. 

These information gaps could be concrete first outcomes of this network.


Serge Nzietchueng




Le Mercredi 12 février 2014 12h03, Paul Rossiter <[log in to unmask]> a écrit :
 
Dear Colleagues,
 
I really enjoyed very hot discussions on vaccine and vaccine coverage that lead me to put a question to the forum: "As to what is herd immunity for PPR and its implication to vaccine coverage and has any one worked on estimation of basic reproduction number (R0) and or effective reproduction number (Re) of PPR epidemics"? 
 
I think answers to these question will help us in proceeding further in the PPR control/ eradication.
 
Akram
 
One or two contributors have touched on this. I don't think we have calculated R0 for PPR yet but I know that some research groups may have either started or are planning to work on this. My question to you and other participants is "Could a network, such as the proposed PPR-GREN we are exploring together, be a forum in which we could develop guidelines/operating procedures for collecting and sharing the kind of data needed to calculate R0 in a number of different locations globally? It would be exciting if we could work together like this. - Moderator. 
 
Dr.Muhammad Akram
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