This chapter traces the history of Rinderpest, from its introduction to successful eradication globally by 2011. It highlights the development of vaccines, the role of community-based animal health workers, and the comparison of eradication costs to a royal wedding.
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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