THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA | MINISTRY OF HEALTH | DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | NATIONAL MALARIA CONTROL PROGRAMME
Republic of Armenia
Reporting period: January-December 2015
Accessed: 29.09.2019
Profile of health crisis response of area, city or district in indonesia with high risk of natural disaster : Bengkulu City, Indonesia
Profile of health crisis response of cities, area or districts in Indonesia with high risk of natural disaster : District of Kolaka, Indonesia
Cureus 2024 Jan 16;16(1):e52358. doi: 10.7759/cureus.52358
Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karykram (RBSK). Operational Guidelines
Lancet Glob Health 2022; 10: e491–500
Climate change is a major risk to good development outcomes, and the World Bank Group is committed to playing an important role in helping countries integrate climate action into their core development agendas. The World Bank Group is committed to supporting client countries to invest in and build a... low-carbon, climate-resilient future, helping them to be better prepared to adapt to current and future climate impacts.
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Indoor residual spraying (IRS) involves applying residual insecticide to potential vector resting sites on the interior surfaces of human dwellings or other buildings. The main aim of IRS is to kill vectors before they are able to transmit pathogens to humans. When carried out correctly, IRS has his...torically been shown to be a powerful intervention to reduce adult vector density and longevity for mosquitoes, sand flies and triatomine bugs and can reduce the transmission of vector-borne diseases.
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Amphetamine-type stimulants, new psychoactive substances
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World Drug Report 2017
Accessed: 14.03.2019
Vector-borne diseases are responsible for 17% of the global burden of communicable diseases and more than 500 000 deaths annually. The ambitious global targets for the control of vector-borne diseases come in the context of the (re-)emergence of diseases, increasing resistances to insecticides and u...ncertainty related to the financing of global vector control efforts. The United Nations 2030 Agenda with its related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the New Urban Agenda adopted at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III)
in Quito in 2016 and WHO’s Global vector control response 2017–2030 (WHO, 2017a) emphasize the value of elevating multisectoral actions and strategies that extend beyond the health sector to the core of integrated vector control.
This policy brief underlines the important role housing conditions have in the transmission of vector-borne diseases and showcases interventions and policies the housing sector can contribute to effective, integrated and intersectoral vector-borne diseases management.
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A Handbook for country programmes
Collection of country-level good practices
La Enfermedad por el Virus de la Chikungunya – EVCH fue descrita por primera vez durante un brote ocurrido en 1952 al sur de Tanzania, su nombre es de origen makonde, grupo étnico que vive en esa región, que significa “aquel que se encorva” o “retorcido”, que describe la apariencia inc...linada de las personas que sufren la enfermedad, por las artralgias intensas que la caracterizan
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