Control programmes
EFFECT OF SECURITY RISK CONTROL PROGRAMMES ON SAFETY IN UNIVERSITIES IN THARAKA NITHI AND MERU COUNTIES
... Securityrisk control programmes are designed to minimize the risk of loss and ensure safety in the ...risk control programmes on safety in universities in TharakaNithi and Merucounties ...
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Insecticide resistance in Culex quinquefasciatus from Zanzibar: implications for vector control programmes
... Widespread resistance could prove problematic if LF were to re-emerge or be re-introduced from the ende- mic mainland of Tanzania or Kenya [9,10], and supple- mentary vector control using insecticides were ...
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The importance of morphological identification of African anopheline mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for malaria control programmes
... since control interventions can likely be based on wrong ...Malaria control programmes should continue to invest in capacity building for ento- mology teams and morphological training should be pri- ...
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Addressing poverty through disease control programmes: examples from Tuberculosis control in India
... disease control programmes such as RNTCP is central to addressing poverty ...TB control efforts in India, it is crucial to note such assessments have not taken in to account the wider socio-economic ...
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Compliance with anthelmintic treatment in the neglected tropical diseases control programmes: a systematic review
... The majority of longitudinal studies which aim to asses systematic non-compliance do so through retrospective methodology whereby participants are asked at one point in time about compliance with several previous PCT ...
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Willingness of tobacco retailers in Oyo State to participate in tobacco control programmes
... Retailers who reported that tobacco sale was profitable were about 2 times (OR= 0.432; 95%CI= 0.207-0.901) less likely to express a willingness to display anti-tobacco messages in their shops and 3 times (OR= 0.349; ...
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Using the SaTScan method to detect local malaria clusters for guiding malaria control programmes
... Application of the SaTScan method successfully identified malaria clusters and clearly demonstrated malaria risk heterogeneity at local level. Four towns in this study expe- rienced spatial clusters and two produced ...
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Climate drivers of vector-borne diseases in Africa and their relevance to control programmes
... seasonality to variability at annual, multi-decadal and timescales consistent with climate change. We give particular attention to three regions defined as WHO-TDR study zones in Western[r] ...
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A tale of two parasites:statistical modelling to support disease control programmes in Africa
... for control relied on mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin, an antifilarial medication that kills larval-stage parasites (microfilariae) before they can either cause significant disease in infected ...
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Evaluation of Infection Prevention and Control Programmes (IPC), and Assessment Tools for IPC Programmes at MOH Health Facilities in Saudi Arabia
... IPC programmes which are essential in strengthening ca- pacity for the prevention of health care-associated infections (HAI) and in preparing an effective response to emergencies involving communicable ...
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Implementing a vector surveillance-response system for chagas disease control: a 4-year field trial in Nicaragua
... tor control programmes, in particular, became frag- mented, a lower priority, and often run by untrained staff, making them ineffective [41, ...vector control programmes under the current ...
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The architecture and effect of participation: a systematic review of community participation for communicable disease control and elimination Implications for malaria elimination
... derived programmes; foster confidence in the reciprocity of community and health authority benefits; and sets the tone for future sustainable partnership approaches to disease control ...disease ...
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Monitoring the operational impact of insecticide usage for malaria control on Anopheles funestus from Mozambique
... vector control and the use of effective drug treatment for malaria, has reduced Plasmo- dium falciparum prevalence rates from 88-65% to 33-4% at the 16 sentinel sites in Maputo province where entomo- logical ...
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Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee on food, veterinary and plant health control and inspection. COM (98) 32 final, 28 January 1998
... If it is found to be necessary, the Commission will prepare guidelines, based on best practices, to assist Member States in developing co-ordinated control programmes covering the whole [r] ...
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Molecular markers of antifolate resistance in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Luanda, Angola
... Background: Plasmodium falciparum malaria remains a leading health problem in Africa and its control is seriously challenged by drug resistance. Although resistance to the sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is ...
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Drug-related HIV epidemic in Pakistan: a review of current situation and response and the way forward beyond 2015
... Pakistan is among four countries in Asia where the estimated number of new HIV infections has been increasing year by year ever since 1990. The Asian Epidemic Modelling (AEM), conducted in 2015, reconfirmed that the use ...
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We remember… Elders’ memories and perceptions of sleeping sickness control interventions in West Nile, Uganda
... disease control programme planners and communities using detailed and transparent information distribution, which is not one directional but rather a dialogue between both ...
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Spatial-temporal heterogeneity in malaria receptivity is best estimated by vector biting rates in areas nearing elimination
... To guide malaria control and elimination programmes, the potential of biting rates, sporozoite rates, entomological inoculation rates and parity rates to estimate malaria receptivity and[r] ...
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Impact of national malaria control scale up programmes in Africa: magnitude and attribution of effects
... Malaria control with the current array of interventions represents a com- pelling investment that predictably prevents childhood ...malaria control currently requires daily atten- tion, the ITN must be hung ...
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Susceptibility of culex quinquefasciatus to three commonly used insecticides from west bengal, india
... Vector control is a useful tool for elimination of lymphatic filariasis which is severely challenged by the emergence of resistance among the vector mosquitoes against used ...
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