Human Experience with Dieldrin in Malaria Control Programs

Experience with production and control of attenuated poliovirus (Subinstrains) in human diploid cells

experience with production and control of attenuated poliovirus (sabinstrains) in human diploid cells

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Using community health workers for malaria control: experience in Zaire.

The potential for using community health workers (CHW) for administering timely and effective treatment for presumptive malaria attacks was evaluated in the Katana health zone in Zaire. In each of the 12 villages of an intervention area (area A) with 13000 inhabitants, a CHW was trained in the use of a simple fever management algorithm. The CHWs performed their services under the supervision of...

Control of malaria: a successful experience from Viet Nam.

OBJECTIVE To follow malaria prospectively in an ethnic minority commune in the south of Viet Nam with high malaria transmission and seasonal fluctuation, during malaria control interventions using insecticide-treated bednets (ITBNs) and early diagnosis and treatment (EDT) of symptomatic patients. METHODS From 1994 onwards the following interventions were used: distribution of ITBNs to all hou...

Fourteen-year experience with imported malaria.

Geographical position, an increasing flow of immigrants and refugees coming from regions where malaria is endemic might further increase those cases of malaria imported to Calabria due to travel on military missions, visiting relatives, business and leisure. However, few reports have been published regarding malaria imported into the southern Italian region of Calabria. Based on data from our l...