[PDF] Top 20 Report of the status of A. aegypti eradication in the Americas

... 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

... 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

... delay in achieving eradication of A. aegypti in extensive areas of the Hemisphere not only gives rise to a risk of urban yellow fever and other diseases transmitted ... 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, Honduras, ... 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

... 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

... 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 those ... See full document

... 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

... 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

... 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

... 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

... 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

... from the PAHO/WHO by.the countries for :the study, organization, execution, and evaluation of smallpox eradication programs, national smallpox vac6i- nation campaigns, maintena[r] ... See full document

... b) Advisory services for the study of the smallpox problem and the organization, implementation, and evaluation of vaccination programs. The advisory services provid[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

... 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 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