[PDF] Top 20 Report on the status of malaria eradication

... In Venezuela, 94.4 per cent of the population of the originally malarious area are p r esently in maintenance phase and the rest in attack phase. In the maintenance area 104 autochtho- n[r] ... See full document

... In one problem area of Honduras with very high DDT resistance, where more than 2,000 cases of P. It was centered on Pochutla in the state of Oaxaca, and embraced [r] ... See full document

... It can be observed that while the areas and population claimed or registered as having malaria eradication increased, there was a reduction in areas under attack [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

... Recent observations in Central America indicate that systematic and regular DDT cover- age has reduced the number of malaria cases even in areas where susceptibili[r] ... See full document

... Tables: I Status of the Malaria Eradication Program in the Americas, 1959 5 II Area and Population of Countries and Other Political Units Where Mat-ria is not Known to Have Occurr[r] ... See full document

... This measure was adopted as the attack method in an area in Nicaragua; incidence was reduced during 1968 from its 1967 levels, but the reduction was less than tha[r] ... See full document

... remind the Governments of the importance of malaria eradication programs, as part of the health sector, in their over-all economic development plan[s] and to ... 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

... with the continuing interest shown by the Governments and by the Pan American Sanitary Bureau in solving the technical and administrative problems encountered in eradication work, and ... See full document

... Special Malaria Fund of the Pan American Health Organization, and to invite all the Governments. to contribute to this fund[r] ... See full document

... For the sixth consecutive year I have the honor to report to the Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization, Regional Committee of the World Health Organizatio[r] ... See full document

... Meeting the Executive Committee called attention to the importance of preventing diseases transmitted by Aedes aegypti and to the problem presented by reinfestation of countries free ... See full document

... Resolution XXI expressed satisfaction at the fact that smallpox had already disappeared in some countries of the Americas and that nationwide and intensive campaigns were being conducted[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

... Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) persis t as a public health problem in cer t ain areas of Cen t ral and South America. In some Andean areas, a high incidence of mental re t arda t ion [r] ... See full document

... If Mexico yields that position as a result of its large-scale eradication pro- gram, Colombia then will occupy first place, and consequently the malaria situation in t[r] ... See full document

... ALVARADO (Chiefs, COMEP) stated that a summary on the status of malaria eradication in the Americas was presented to this meeting of the Council in Document CD9/43. Se explained tha[r] ... See full document

... Total Blood Slides Examined and Number of Positive Slides by Level of Malaria Transmission, 1996 ..... Of these, only Ecuador and Mexico are implementing control progra[r] ... See full document

... The 72,650 malaria cases in these six regions represent 72.4_ of the total recorded in the entire country during 1989. These cases were detected in 91 municipios of the regions, among wh[r] ... See full document