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The advent of anticoagulant rodenticides in the early 1950s undoubtedly marked a turning point in rodent control. These substances have two main advantages in.comparison with the acute poisons. First, when used in appropriate concentrations, anticoagulants do not produce symptoms in the rodent that cause it to stop feeding before a lethal dose has been ingested. This characteristic makes the complete eradication of discrete infestations possible, provided that baiting is...
L'usage et l'abus de drogues sont liks d'une part 2 l'offre de drogues par les circuits de distribution licites ou le trafic illicite et d'autre part a la demande. L'kquation offreldemande indique qu'une rkduction de l'une ou de I'autre devrait se traduire par une diminution de I'usage ou de l'abus. Chacun conviendra qu'une augmentation de la demande de mkdicaments psycho-actifs conduira h une augmentation de l'usage et probablement aussi de l'abus de ces mkdicaments, en...
A Regional Workshop on Formulation of Guidelines for Management of Programmes for the Prevention of Deafness was held in the South-East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, from 9 to 12 September 1991. The following were the objectives of the Workshop: (1) To review the existing status of hearing impairment and deafness problem, both at regional and country levels, and measures for its prevention and control, and (2) To prepare guidelines for the formulation and management o...
In the past, little attention has been given to the formal genetics and cytogenetics of Aedes aegypti. An energetic attempt must be undertaken, therefore, to fill in the many gaps in our knowledge of the genetics of this species. One factor that has contributed to inadequate information is the small number of entonologists interested in vector genetics. It is gratifying that the World Health Organization is encouraging, through fellowships, young graduates in developing ...
A t Bandung, Sukabumi, Denpaaar, Yogyakarfa and Padang,discuesiona were held with o f f i c i a l s of the provinces and the municigalitiee, At all the municip a l i t i a a mantionad,visits were made t o typical food service oetablishmente. food shops, markets and roadside food vendera
The Global Advisory Group of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) consists of 12 member. All Regions are repesented. With six member being drawn from panles nominated by the Regional offices The Remaining sox are selected either at large or from the Regional panels to provide geographical and techical balance.
As an introduction to this report it is belie\-ed desirable to present an historical background on dieldrin water-dispersible ponrders as far as their use in International Cooperation Administration (IC-A) programmes is concerned. In 1955 it became apparent to the ICX that its malaria programmes were becoming interested in dieldrin powder as a substitute or alternate for DDT powder and would no doubt request supplies within a short time. Consequently, the Technical Devel...
Le Cornite d'experts de la Pharmacopke internationale a tenu sa huitikme session a Genkve, du 19 au 28 avril 1951.
Ce communique contient les inIormations recues par l'Office International d'Hygibne publique en execution de la Convention sanitaire internationale de 1926, directement ou par l'intermediaire des Bureaux suivants, agissant comme Bureaux regionarzx pour I'application de cette Convention: Bureau d'Extreme-Orient de I'Organisation d'hygiene de la Soeiete des Nations, Singapour. Bureau Sanitaire Panambrieain., Washington. Bureau Regional du Conseil sanitaire ...
I1 est reconnu depuis quelques annees que les problemes ilthiques multiples et complexes qui se posent a la medecine contemporaine ne peuvent plus itre resolus par un simple recours a la relation medecin-malade, surtout lorsque cette relation est exclusivement conFue en termes de confiance du malade et de conscience du midecin. Le modble paternaliste, acceptable une epoque oh les choses etaient plus slmples, s'efface maintenant devant un partenariat au sein duquel medeci...
En rksentantle s rCsultats d'une Ctude d'ensemble sur le dkpistage de I'imprCgnation saturnine par un test de mobilisation dulombn. ous Ccrivions. propos de l'interprktation des taux de plomb dans I'urine de sujets tCmoins sournis B 1'EDTA calcique: (( Plusieurs grands buveurs de vin ont donne des rBsultats anormalement BlevCs qui n'ont pas AtB retenus dam le tableau prCcBdent. I1 n'est pas exclu que le plomb alimentaire de ces sujets ait Bte excessif.
The antigenic characterization of influenza A isolates examined between June 1971 and April 1971 is shown in Tubb 1. During this period only a small proportion of strains showed s i a c a n t antigenic differences from prototype A/Hong Kong/1/68 (H3N2). Since May 1972 this distribution has shown considerable change. All isolates (37) from recent outbreaks of influenza in Malaysia and Singapore and current outbreaks in Australia resembled the variant A/England/42/72. The ...
PREFACE Each year the WHO Executive Board reviews in detail one of the Organization's programme activities. The subject chosen for 1974 was health education, and the study reproduced in these pages, which was prepared in WHO, served as a basis for the review of the Organization's programme over twenty-five years. Particular attention was paid in this study to the difficulties that health workers encounter in the field in introducing health education into their activities...
1. INTRODUCTION An informal consultation on interventions to prevent HIV transmission among behaviourally bisexual men was held at the World Health Organization, Geneva, 7- 9 December 1992. Participating in the consultation were researchers and programme managers who have carried out studies and interventions targeted at homosexual and bisexual men. 1.1 Opening statement In the opening statement to the consultation, Dr M.B. Merson, Director of the Global Programme on AID...
In 1981 the Manila Health Department decided to switch from donor-recipient health care to primary health care anchored on community participation and intersectoral coordination. A change had become imperative because the conventional system was no longer adequate. A start was made in February 1982 by establishing a research and development area in four barangays (administrative units) with a total of 9700, inhabitants, in the district of Pandacan. After a year the proje...
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS): AIDS and sex- 'J~UYt ransm~nedd isease% CO~~enssutsa temen6 45; AIDS and sports, consensus statement, 69; Consultation on panner nouficauon for prevenung HIV transmission, consensusstatement, 77;global data, 1,29,61,101,133,165,205,237,265,305,337, 369; Global Programme on AIDS and Expanded Programme on Immunlzatlon, joint WHO/UNICEF statement on early lmmunlzation for HIV-infected children, 48; Global Programme on AIDS and Sewa...
At a symposium of the XIII Intclnational Congress of Haematology held in Munich in August 1970, reports were presented of cooperative studies of liaemoglobiii levels in hospital out-patients conducted in seven countries (Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain)
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Les dispositions legales n'ont pas marche au m2me pas que les progres de la medecine en matitre de prevention des grossesses non desirees. En consequence, la Quatrieme Conference medicale du Commonwealth (1974) a recommande que le Secretariat du Commonwealth recueille des renseignements concernant la legislation sur l'interruption medicale de la grossesse (IMG). Pour mener son enqucte, le Secretariat du Commonwealth a envoye un questionnaire aux 36 pays membres du Common...
Registries are theref~reii~ortanfotr understanding the etioloav and complications of chronic diseases as-well as f& evaluation of medical care in woulations. For diabetes, in particular, insulindepe'ndent diabetes rnellitus (IDDM,I.. ree-i stries are ~. erh.ao s more important than for other diseases, and a prime reason for develooine them is that the disease is verv costly both for patikts and society. It is therefore essential to determine how frequently IDDM occurs an...