Epidemiological modelling for tropical disease control

An Epidemiological Framework for Modelling Fungicide Dynamics and Control

Defining appropriate policies for controlling the spread of fungal disease in agricultural landscapes requires appropriate theoretical models. Most existing models for the fungicidal control of plant diseases do not explicitly include the dynamics of the fungicide itself, nor do they consider the impact of infection occurring during the host growth phase. We introduce a modelling framework for ...

Infectious disease and health systems modelling for local decision making to control neglected tropical diseases

Most neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have complex life cycles and are challenging to control. The "2020 goals" of control and elimination as a public health programme for a number of NTDs are the subject of significant international efforts and investments. Beyond 2020 there will be a drive to maintain these gains and to push for true local elimination of transmission. However, these disease...

The Epidemiological Control of Venereal Disease.

In 1943 I was given the interesting but difficult task ofconducting the Joint Committee on Venereal Disease, on which were represented the Admiralty, War Office, Air Ministry, Ministry of Health, the Department of Health for Scotland, the Home Office, the Metropolitan Police, and the Canadian and United States Armies. I will refer later to the work of this Committee, which was confronted with a...

Border Disease Control Checkpoints: Are They Sufficient for Disease Control? The Present Situation in Thailand

Modelling Foot-and-Mouth disease: A comparison of epidemiological models

Introduction Models have been used for some times with the aim of helping in decision making around Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreaks. However, up to very recently, most of these models could mainly be seen as training tools, because Western European and North American countries, as well as Australia and New Zealand, where many of them have been developed, had been free of FMD for many yea...