[PDF] Top 20 CD17.R22: Status of smallpox eradication in the Americas

... made in some countries in which eradication has been achieved after intensive vaccination campaigns, the disease still represents an important problem in certain areas, and that there ... See full document

... Most of the cases in the area in the consolidation phase were due to a small epi- demic outbreak which occurred in the Province of Salta, against which corrective meas[r] ... See full document

... to the international lending agencies that they make funds available to the Governments for the eradication of ...request the Director to advise the Governments on ways ... See full document

... The three countries of Northern America have been free of smallpox in recent years. The other countries of this area have been free of the disease in recent years[r] ... See full document

... with the progress achieved in the malaria eradication program in the Americas, and to reiterate the desire of the Council that the cooperation ... See full document

... (Resolution XII, 37th Executive Committee) 28 Status of Smallpox Eradication in the Americas 29 International Health and Medical Research Year. (Resolutions IiA12o28 and EB2 4 0 [r] ... See full document

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... The program continued to have difficulties with financial resources; of the 3,451,003 lempiras requested, only 1,509,620 lempiras were approved (43.7 per cent). Attack me[r] ... See full document

... Between 1956-1959, all countries in the Americas where malaria was a problem ini- tiated their malaria eradication programs, using residual house spraying with insecticides as the princi[r] ... See full document

... By the end of the year, of the seven foci previously registered, only two remained (Bocas del Toro and Darien) where transmission was still observed. The program c[r] ... See full document

... Americas 1958 and 1961 by Status of Malaria Eradication ... Personnel employed in Spraying Operations in Malaria Eradication.. Programs in the Americas, 31 December 1958 and 31 December [r] ... See full document

... to the Director that he do everything possible to intensify the research programs undertaken by certain Governments with the assistance of the World Health Organization and the ... 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

... 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

... 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

... 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

... The experiments with alternative insecticides to attack doubly-resistant species continued and expanded. Malathion spraying continued in Nicaragua and was initiated in the problem area o[r] ... See full document

... The increase in the over-all total is made up of increases in a number of programs -in Jamaica which was in the final year of its consolidation phase; in Hondu[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

... the programs where all or part of a country has only recently begun eradication work (for example~ Cuba and Haiti) the malaria services are profiting from earlier[r] ... See full document