Vaccine

Continued compliance with animal-health measures, including movement controls and disease reporting, will remain necessary to reduce the risk of further spread.

The support follows commitments made under the Botswana-Lesotho Binational Commission, where Botswana announced assistance of 100,000 doses of FMD vaccine to Lesotho.

RMIS opens ordering platform for veterinarians to order the vaccine.

KVA is calling for emergency pre-emptive livestock vaccination campaigns.

African Swine Fever is one of the most destructive viral diseases affecting domestic and wild pigs.

Eliminating PPR would protect livestock assets that millions of African households depend on for food security, income and resilience.

The partners aim to develop a quadrivalent vaccine targeting the four FMD virus serotypes circulating in Uganda while transferring Egyptian technical expertise to Ugandan scientists.

The facility is expected to produce up to 1.2 billion vaccine doses annually, initially serving the domestic market.

In addition to the risk to public health, Bovine tuberculosis causes general illness, pneumonia, weight loss, and ultimately death in affected animals.

The eco-friendly Tsetse Fly Shield repellent comes in a sachet.