16th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiologists and Economists held in Halifax, Canada

Our VEEPH group was well represented at ISVEE 16 (International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics) in Halifax in Canada in August 2022. We hosted special sessions, gave oral and poster presentations, were active in workshops, met old friends and made new ones and connected with several collaborators and alumni. PPR session. Guillaume Fournie (The Royal Veterinary College, RVC) alongside Bryony Jones (The Animal and Plant Health Agency), Melissa McLaws (Food and Agriculture Organisation) and Theo Knight-Jones (International Livestock Research Institute) chaired a Special Session on "Modelling Approaches to Support the Progressive Control & Eradication of Transboundary Animal Diseases, with a Focus on PPR & FMD" for at ISVEE 2022 in Halifax, Canada in August. The session consisted 6 speakers, followed by a panel discussion including a presentation by Beth Savagar (PhD candidate at the RVC) on "Modelling the heterogeneity of small ruminant populations and the impact on vaccination effectiveness to achieve PPR elimination".