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- Summary In late October 2022, an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in the small hamlet of Tallasa Baru, Indonesia, threatened to wipe out a whole community’s livelihoods. FMD is a highly contagious viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, such as cattle, sheep and pigs. If infected animals aren’t taken care of quickly, they can develop long-term health problems or die—resulting in huge economic losses for their owners. Thanks to the Community Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Programme (CP3) funded by USAID, trained Indonesian Red Cross volunteers were on hand in Tallasa Baru to quickly detect and report the outbreak, enabling a rapid response in partnership with local animal health authorities. PMI volunteers were critical to this FMD outbreak response. They quickly raised awareness throughout Tallasa Baru about the risks of FMD, encouraging people to check for symptoms and isolate their cattle until the situation was under control. Volunteers showed villagers how to build small holding pens to contain their cows for their injections and conducted disinfection activities around the hamlet to prevent further spread of disease. And when the cattle vaccination campaign was arranged, PMI volunteers transported veterinary teams and supplies up the long and bumpy road to the hamlet to make sure everyone arrived safely. Read more and watch a video about this story on IFRC.org: https://www.ifrc.org/article/these-cows-are-our-hope-stopping-foot-and-mouth-disease-outbreak-indonesia CP3
- Resolution Medium Resolution (Between 1MB and 3MB)
- Region Asia Pacific
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- XMP Create Date 2025-04-10T22:23:44+02:00
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- Date_Taken 2nd August 2024
- Keywords CEA, Health
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- Location Tallasa Baru hamlet, Maros, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
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- Rights usage terms For non-commercial use
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- Copyright owner IFRC
- Country Indonesia
- Credit line Paul Wu
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