CBPP Control and Eradication: Challenges and Opportunities
With CBPP confirmed in Namwala and beef bulking centres closed, one of Africa's leading CBPP experts sets out what it will take to contain the disease and eradicate it from Zambia.
Lusaka time (CAT, UTC+2): 18:00
Presented in English. Live Q&A follows the lecture.
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia is back at the top of Zambia's animal health agenda. The outbreak in Namwala, Southern Province, has led to the closure of beef bulking centres across the country, with consequences for farmers, traders and the national beef trade. In Session 04 of the VAZ CPD Lecture Series, Dr Geoffrey Muuka, who helped design Zambia's WOAH-endorsed CBPP eradication programme, takes veterinary professionals and students through what CBPP control demands in practice, where eradication efforts stall, and the opportunities Zambia has to get ahead of the disease.
Your presenter
Dr Geoffrey Munkombwe Muuka
BVM, MSc (UNZA), PhD (Bari)
Veterinary Microbiologist, Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses
Dr Muuka graduated from the UNZA School of Veterinary Medicine in 2002, completed an MSc in Microbiology at UNZA in 2011 with research on CBPP, and earned a PhD in Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses from the University of Bari, Italy, in 2016. As a Veterinary Research Officer in the Department of Veterinary Services, he anchored the CBPP eradication programme at the height of the Kazungula outbreak and played a central role in designing Zambia's WOAH-endorsed CBPP eradication programme. He is Vice Chairperson for Southern Africa of the WOAH-sponsored Enhanced Research for Africa Network (ERFAN), a member of the WOAH/FAO Special Group of Experts on CBPP and a CBPP Expert for the WOAH Reference Centre for CBPP in Africa.
Moderator: Dr. Eugene Chisela Bwalya, President, VAZ
Session at a glance
- 18:00 · 5 minWelcome & introductions
- 18:05 · 60 minLecture presentation
- 19:05 · 20 minLive Q&A
- 19:25 · 5 minClose & CPD feedback
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Thursday 3 December 2026 · 18:00–19:30 CAT · Zoom Meeting
Issued by the Secretariat, Veterinary Association of Zambia. Enquiries: secretary@vaz.org.zm