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Malaria control during mass population movements and natural disasters /

Main Author: Bloland, Peter B.
Corporate Authors: Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration., Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health. Program on Forced Migration and Health.
Other Authors: Williams, Holly A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
Malaria > Epidemiology.
Disaster medicine.
Emigration and immigration > Health aspects.
Malaria > prevention & control.
Emigration and Immigration.
Disasters.
Relief Work.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Epidemiologie.
Malaria.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=87047
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Malaria and mobility
  • a brief history and overview
  • 3. Epidemiology of malaria
  • 4. Essential components/design of an optimal malaria control program
  • 5. Public health surveillance system
  • 6. Curative services: malaria therapy and case management
  • 7. Preventive interventions
  • 8. Community involvement in malaria control and prevention
  • 9. Special studies and operational research
  • 10. Prophylaxis and personal protection for relief workers
  • 11. Return, repatriation, or resettlement of displaced populations
  • 12. Improving malaria control in complex emergencies.

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