Our colleagues Julie Koehler, Katherine Dirsmith, and Fiona Allan recently took part in the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) Socioeconomic Working Group meeting, hosted at the Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) campus in Nairobi.
This global gathering convened leading experts and stakeholders to explore barriers and opportunities for women and youth in the fight to control and eradicate PPR—a critical disease impacting small ruminants and livelihoods worldwide.
SEBI-Livestock contributed by sharing our plans to enhance the evidence base for PPR through systematic evidence synthesis. To ground these methods in real-world needs, our team led a participatory workshop where attendees offered valuable feedback on our proposed approaches.
Workshop participants offered valuable insights on strategies to meet the diverse data needs of stakeholders involved in our evidence synthesis initiative. The SEBI-Livestock team collaborated closely with members of ILRI’s gender team and members of the CGIAR GENDER Accelerator to drive discussions on the implications and opportunities of integrating gender considerations into PPR eradication efforts.
The insights gathered will directly inform the design of contextually relevant, collaborative evidence synthesis approaches—helping ensure that decision-makers have access to high-quality, actionable data to guide more effective and inclusive PPR interventions.
Thank you to FAO and ILRI for hosting this productive meeting!
Learn more about SEBI-Livestock animal health evidence synthesis project.
Read more about FAO Peste des Petits Ruminants.