FMD Response SA
Started 15 days ago
Open end-date
About This Campaign
THE PROBLEM
South Africa has a formal FMD strategy, regulations, and a national disaster declaration.
On the ground, the system is not delivering what is being presented.
The constraint is not vaccine science or global supply.
The constraint is system design.
Vaccines move through narrow centralised channels. Even when doses are physically in the country they are slowed by sequential approvals, provincial release gates, and uneven distribution. Private veterinary teams have demonstrated they can vaccinate at scale once doses reach them — yet access remains gated.
The result is predictable — and biology punishes it:
- Immunity wanes after roughly six months
- New susceptible calves enter the herd every month
- Buffalo maintain the SAT serotypes as long-term carriers
Supply does not become coverage. Targets do not become immunity.
The response stays one step behind the disease.
WHAT IS MISSING
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