Petits Ruminants Global Research and Expertise Network (PPR GREN) annual meeting

Call for Abstracts

The theme of the 9th PPR GREN is “Accelerating PPR Eradication: From Scientific Evidence to Implementation”. Submitted abstract should be relevant for the theme and the following topics:

1. Translating spatial and temporal science into targeted interventions, including the use of episystems, machine learning models, GIS-MCDA, and predictive risk maps and other epidemiological approaches to guide national surveillance and vaccine control. 
2. Biosecurity and managing transboundary risks of PPR, with a focus on veterinary controls and border biosecurity in informal trade networks; including movement control, national wide and routine biosecurity measures in small scale farms, zoning and compartmentalization and analysis of field data from the 2025–2026 Balkan outbreaks. 
3. Next-generation diagnostics and vaccine manufacturing, including optimization of production platforms, field trials of thermostable and DIVA vaccines, upstream manufacturing innovations, and development of polyvalent vaccines. 
4. Resource mobilization for PPR eradication, addressing funding gaps, investment opportunities, and economic justifications, including understanding the impacts of PPR and the investment case for PPR eradication for livelihoods, food security, and climate change mitigation. 
5. Susceptibility and transmission dynamics of PPR in typical, atypical, and wildlife species, including evaluation and validation of diagnostic tests. 
6. Sociocultural dynamics in PPR vaccination, including community engagement in the eradication agenda, local beliefs, gender, and trust.

Please prepare your abstracts following the attached guidelines and template.  

All abstracts must be submitted online by completing the abstract submission form and emailing the abstract to [email protected], copying [email protected].

If you encounter any issues while submitting the abstract, please contact [email protected]

Deadline for abstract submission is August 1, 2026, at midnight (GMT).