[PDF] Top 20 CD17.R18: Status of Aedes aegypti eradication in the Americas

... considered the reports of the Conference on Aedes aegypti Eradication in the Americas (3-5 April 1967), of the Study Group on the ... See full document

... Noting the progress that has been achieved as the result of the coordinated efforts of the Governments, the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health ... See full document

... In the case of generalized initial infestation or ovular endurance, two more consecutive negative verifications, by search for foci, will be an additional requirement, [r] ... See full document

... In late 1972 the eradication surveillance service discovered another focus of reinfestation in the same city (near the border of El Salvador) in which a reinfestation ha[r] ... See full document

... The situation in this group is in general satisfactory. Aruba, Bonaire and Saba are already negative and only lack special verification to confirm eradication. Eustatius was reinfested i[r] ... See full document

... Cura2ao - This island is extensively infested; however, in view of the resistance of the mosquito to DDT and to dieldrin, the campaign is lim- iting its activities to control[r] ... See full document

... The following year the campaign staff was augmented and their salaries increased, and it was then possible not only to shorthen the work cycle but also improve the supervision of field p[r] ... See full document

... Taking into account the final reports on Aedes aegypti eradication presented by Chile and Costa. Rica, which declare those countries to be free of the vector, in strict compliance with t[r] ... See full document

... In the Americas the eradication of Aedes aegypti in countries with the largest enzootic areas has eliminated the possibility of the occurrence :of urban yellow fever and cons[r] ... See full document

... reiterate the importance of speeding up the coordination of the general health services with the malaria eradication programs by strengthening the network of ... See full document

... Bearing in mind that at its 70th Meeting the Executive Committee called attention to the importance of preventing diseases transmitted by Aedes aegypti and to the problem ... See full document

... emphasize the need for PASB to continue to coordinate the continental smallpox eradication program; to provide the Governments that request them with technical advisory services in ... See full document

... account the final report on the activities of the Aedes aegypti eradication program in El Salvador presented at this meeting, according to which that country ... See full document

... Of the 2,772 localities inspected, 156 were found infested and, of. these, 147 are already.free of the mosquito,. Up to the present only very limited infestation was. found in..the cap[r] ... See full document

... 1.To urge the Governments of the countries and territories still infested by Aedes aegypti to make. every effort to eradicate the mosquito as soon as possible.[r] ... See full document

... that the Governing Bodies of the Pan American Health Organization have declared Aedes aegypti eradicated from Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, ... See full document

... Venezuela. In its present stae, which .:or all practical purposes was started this year with PASB collaboration, the campaign is being directed toward verification of the conditio[r] ... See full document

... Bearing in mind the reports presented at this meeting by Guatemala and Honduras on the status of the eradication of Aedes aegypti, according to which ... See full document

... This shows that the problem has not been solved and that the existence of extensive enzootic yellow fever areas in the Hemisphere will continue to repeatedly expose the c[r] ... See full document

... be another of the functions of the Government of Mexico. As the result of this measure, the possibility of eradicating smallpox became a reality, and the efforts of the people a[r] ... See full document