Dear Mr Moderator, I think to effectively control and eventual eradication of PPR will require that lessons be learnt from Rinderpest eradication. I am aware that FAO within the GREP contracted some consultants who did some work on the weakness , strong points and lessons learnt from Rinderpest eradication. I think these documents could be exploited. Furthermore, PPR eradication would warrant a very good quality and protective vaccine, Good diagnostic tools, and Regional control programs (e.g. Pan African control of Epizootics :PACE during the RP eradication). Good research results are needed also to convince donor for financing such programs. If we are really interested in controlling and eradication of PPR, then we must have to start lobbying for funds rather than getting persimitic about getting funding. Best regards Simon Dickmu Jumbo LANAVET-Garoua Cameroon ######################################################################## 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