Second Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) Regional roadmap meeting for the Southern African Development Community - Provisional agenda

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Second Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) Regional roadmap meeting for the Southern African Development Community - Provisional agenda

Lusaka, Zambia, 12 - 14 March 2019

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Meeting

Edition 1

Full item page

Statutory body / Meeting title Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs)

Meeting symbol N/A

Meeting Session Number Sess. 2

Meeting date Lusaka, Zambia

Meeting location Lusaka, Zambia

Language English

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