Exploring the catastrophic consequences of the Render-Pest Panzoeutic in Sub-Saharan Africa, including mass starvation, disease outbreaks, disrupted social order, and ecological imbalances. Scientists developed a vaccine to combat Rinderpest and countries enacted laws to prevent its spread by the 20th century.
This 2020 episode examines how, though rinderpest was declared eradicated fairly recently, rinderpest's history goes way back. Eradicating the disease took a coordinated, international effort.
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