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CONTENTS
CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................... 5
PREFACE ......................................................................................................................................................... 7
OPENING ADRESS BY SADC ............................................................................................................................ 9
Beedeenan Hulman ................................................................................................................................... 9
OPENING ADRESS BY IAEA ............................................................................................................................ 10
Adama Diallo ........................................................................................................................................... 10
OPENING ADRESS BY OIE .............................................................................................................................. 11
Neo Joel Mapiste..................................................................................................................................... 11
OPENING ADRESS BY TANZANIA CVO .......................................................................................................... 13
P.Z Njau ................................................................................................................................................... 13
OPENING ADRESS BY HOST ORGANISATION ................................................................................................ 15
Sanchindra Das ........................................................................................................................................ 15
OPENING ADRESS BY FAO ............................................................................................................................ 16
Vincent Martin ........................................................................................................................................ 16
Session 1 ................................................................................................................................................ 17
SETTING THE SCENE .................................................................................................................... 17
PPR SITUATION WORLDWIDE....................................................................................................................... 19
Joseph Domenech ................................................................................................................................... 19
UNDERSTANDING VIRUS LINEAGE EVOLUTIONS, GAPS AND CHALLENGES, RESEARCH PRIORITIES ........... 22
Adama Diallo ........................................................................................................................................... 22
UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES AND KEY ELEMENTS OF PPR PREVENTION AND CONTROL STRATEGIES ............ 24
Vincent Martin ........................................................................................................................................ 24
PPR IN THE SADC REGION: SELECTED COUNTRIES PRESENTATIONS ........................................................... 25
TANZANIA ..................................................................................................................................................... 25
Sachindra M. Das .................................................................................................................................... 25
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO ............................................................................................................ 27
Honoré N’Lemba Mabela ........................................................................................................................ 27
GENERAL DISCUSSION ON SESSION 1 .......................................................................................................... 28
Session 2 ................................................................................................................................................ 31
SPECIFIC ISSUES .......................................................................................................................... 31
PPR AND WILDLIFE ....................................................................................................................................... 33
Richard Kock*, Nicolas Gaidet................................................................................................................. 33
LABORATORY DIAGNOSTIC AND MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS ........... 38
Geneviève Libeau .................................................................................................................................... 38
THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES AROUND PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS PREVENTION AND CONTROL .... 39
Tabitha Kimani ........................................................................................................................................ 39