The WOAH PPR Reference Laboratory Network, officially launched by the WOAH in December 2020, aims at building strong partnerships between the WOAH Reference Laboratories and national reference laboratories throughout the world, improving links between recognised experts from national reference laboratories and from PPR diagnostic laboratories in low- and middle-income countries, in addition to the current three WOAH Reference Laboratories for PPR. The network of WOAH PPR Reference Laboratories, by making available accurate and timely data, will support the PPR Global Control and Eradication Strategy in preventing, detecting and controlling the disease.
The network members include laboratories from all regions impacted by peste des petits ruminants.