Dear All, I would like to furnish for your consideration/deliberation the following 10 essential components of a comprehensive plan for PPR which were suggested and agreed by the participants of a workshop held in December 2011 organized by RSU, FAO for SAARC countries located in Kathmandu, Nepal: 1. Policy 2. Institutional set up and Capacity building 3. Outbreak response and Contingency plan 4. Legislation 5. Epidemiology/surveillance /outbreak investigation/reporting/information sharing 6. Vaccine & vaccine production 7. Diagnosis (lab capacity) 8. Impact assessment in relation to food security and poverty alleviation 9. Advocacy & communication 10. Monitoring & Evaluation Regards 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