Rinderpest in Eastern Africa today

Abstract

A Regional Meeting of Veterinary Administrators in Eastern Mrica was held in Nairobi on 29 and 30 September 1959, under the auspices of CCTA. The eradication of rinderpest from Eastern Mrica was discussed. The data presented here was derived from documents presented at the Meeting, from information given by the delegates, and from the annual reports of the various territorial veterinary services. Rinderpest has been eradicated from Eastern Africa except for Karamoja in the north-east corner of Uganda, the Northern Frontier Province of Kenya, the north-west part of Somalia, the Southern Sudan and Ethiopia. In addition the disease appears to be enzootic in wild game in Kenya Masailand and the contiguous part of Tanganyika Masailand.