Benfield Camilla T O, Legnardi Matteo, Mayen Friederike, Almajali Ahmad, Cinardi Giuseppina, Wisser Dominik, Chaka Hassen, Njeumi Felix
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy.
Dipartimento di Medicina Animale, Produzione e Salute (MAPS), Università di Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy.
Animals (Basel). 2023 Mar 29;13(7):1196. doi: 10.3390/ani13071196.
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a burdensome viral disease primarily affecting small ruminants, which is currently targeted for eradication by 2030 through the implementation of a Global Control and Eradication Strategy (PPR GCES). The PPR GCES, launched in 2015, has strongly encouraged countries to participate in Regional PPR Roadmaps, designated according to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) regions and epidemiological considerations, with each targeted by dedicated meetings and activities. Following the conclusion of the first phase of the PPR Global Eradication Program (PPR GEP) (2017-2021), the present work focuses on the disease situation and status of the eradication campaign in the fourteen countries of the PPR GCES Middle Eastern Roadmap as well as Egypt. PPR is endemic to or suspected to be present in most of the region, except for Bahrain, which, as of 2021, is preparing to apply for official recognition as being free of PPR. Some substantial shortcomings are observed in surveillance and disease reporting, as well as in the implemented control strategies, most notably vaccination. Since many of these limitations are shared by many of the investigated countries, the international cooperation and harmonization of control efforts appears crucial to making PPR eradication attainable in the Middle East.
小反刍兽疫(PPR)是一种主要影响小反刍动物的病毒性疾病,给养殖业带来沉重负担。目前,通过实施全球控制和根除战略(PPR GCES),目标是到2030年根除该疾病。2015年启动的PPR GCES大力鼓励各国参与区域PPR路线图,这些路线图是根据联合国粮食及农业组织(FAO)和世界动物卫生组织(WOAH)的区域划分及流行病学考量制定的,每个路线图都有专门的会议和活动。在小反刍兽疫全球根除计划(PPR GEP)第一阶段(2017 - 2021年)结束后,本研究聚焦于PPR GCES中东路线图的14个国家以及埃及的疾病状况和根除运动的进展。除巴林外,该地区大部分国家PPR呈地方流行或疑似存在,截至2021年,巴林正准备申请官方认可其无PPR。在监测、疾病报告以及实施的控制策略(尤其是疫苗接种)方面存在一些重大缺陷。由于许多被调查国家都存在这些局限性,国际合作以及控制措施的协调统一对于在中东实现小反刍兽疫的根除似乎至关重要。