In South Africa, the interest rates decisions are taken by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The official interest rate is the repo rate. This is the rate at ...

The removal of NSPs from FMD vaccines enables the differential detection of antibodies to the NSPs in FMDV-infected animals. Thus, current DIVA strategies for FMD are based on the use of a ...

He also revealed that 4,000 doses of FMD vaccines have been sent to Trans ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information ...

Methane expelled by livestock belching and farting contributes about 15% of global emissions each year, UN estimates show. It is the most common greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide (CO2).

The president, who is a farm owner and has several big herds himself, has said the vaccines are vital for expanding the sector by controlling foot-and-mouth disease ... has one of Africa's largest ...

The president, who is a farm owner and has several big herds himself, has said the vaccines are vital for expanding the sector by controlling foot-and-mouth disease in cattle and peste des petits ...

According to officials, the new storage facility, we will be able to maintain the potency of critical vaccines, especially against Foot-and-Mouth disease (FMD), Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), ...

Global efforts for a Rift Valley fever (RVF) vaccine accelerate as South Africa’s Afrigen Biologics begins local development of mRNA vaccine. With no vaccine approved for human use yet, this effort ...

Deputy Agriculture Minister Sudaryono said FMD vaccines procured by the government so far are insufficient to inoculate all at-risk animals in affected regions. "We have prepared 4 million doses ...

The state of Brandenburg in Germany has announced that it has activated its foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine bank. Earlier this month, authorities in Germany confirmed the first outbreak of the ...

While it may be some time before the broader impact of those moves will be clear, Cobus Van Staden, a China-Africa expert with the South African Institute for International Affairs, says one ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee to be health secretary, would have oversight power over the vaccine’s maker, Merck, if confirmed. By Christina Jewett and Sheryl Gay Stolberg ...