"Food Security and Nutrition and the global control and eradication of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), by Bouna Diop, Animal Health Division, FAO. " http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium/en/

2. GLOBAL ERADICATION OF THE PESTE
DES PETITS RUMINANTS (PPR): A
DRIVER FOR FOOD SECURITY AND
NUTRITION
Bouna Diop, FAO/OIE PPR Secretariat

3. Small Ruminants: Sheep, Goats
• 2,1 Billion heads of sheep and goats globally
• Primary livestock resource of many low-income,
food and nutrition-insecure, poor rural families
• Provide milk, meat, wool, fibre and skins
• Support the livelihoods of small holders, traders,
processors, etc
• Women are in control of SR operations and the
associated income stream.
An important asset for escaping from Poverty and building
resilience of livelihoods

4. Small Ruminants (SR): Sheep, Goats
• Food products deriving from sheep and goats are an essential
part of the diet of most people around the world
• SR milk and meat are of high nutritional quality and health-
promoting
• SR meat and milk can be immediately consumed or locally
sold without the need for refrigeration
• SR breeding generates incomes which allow to buy
diversified food, for a more balance diet.
An important element of Nutrition

5. Peste des petits ruminants (PPR)
• A destructive, fast spreading viral disease that
kills sheep and goats and present in more than
70 countries (Africa, Middle East and Asia)
• PPR directly threatens the lives of around 300
million of the world’s poorest people
• PPR causes annual global loses estimated
at US$1.4 to US$2.1 billion.
• Loss of livestock due to PPR causes pastoralists
and farmers to migrate away from their lands
and cultures in search of alternative livelihoods
A global concern

6. PPR in Kenya and Somalia
Kenya
• The 2006 – 2008 PPR epidemic in
Kenya was responsible for the
deaths of 1.2 million SR and a
drop in milk production of 2.1
million litres.
• Consumption of milk from SR
decreased to nearly zero and an
increased share (by 25–40 percent)
of wild food in diets was reported
• Significant effort has been made
to control the disease however it’s
still present.
Somalia
• Livestock contributes about 60% to
the incomes of the population,
generates about 65% of Somalia’s GDP
• First PPR outbreaks confirmed in 2005
• To recover and rehabilitate SR rearing,
more than 57 million heads of SR
were vaccinated between 2012 – 2015
• PPR prevalence has been reduced
drastically however risk of disease
reemergence still present due to
uncontrolled animal movements

7. PPR Global Eradication Programme
• International conference (April 2015) endorsed the
FAO/OIE Global Strategy aiming to Eradicating PPR
by 2030 while at the same time Strengthening the
Veterinary Services and Controlling other SR diseases
• Global eradication of PPR can be achieved only with
sufficient political, financial and technical investment
• An initial five-year programme for 2017-2021
has been developed by FAO and OIE in collaboration
with partners.
• A Joint FAO/OIE Global Secretariat for
coordination of the PPR eradication programme

8. Conclusion
• PPR is a major threat for small ruminants production and
compromises livelihoods of small holders
• Control of PPR contributes to improving livelihood, food
security and nutrition and increasing the long-term resilience
of hundreds of millions of the world’s poorest people.
• Because of its transboundary nature, a global effort is
necessary to achieve eradication by 2030.