Vaccination

The allegation against OBP is that it bought FMD vaccines from Biogénesis at R45 (US$2.81) per dose and sold them for between R70 (US$4.37) and R130 (US$8.12) per dose.

The solar-powered, off-grid facility can store about 40 million vaccine doses, helping protect them from power outages.

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.

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.