Research Catalog

Title

Malaria control during mass population movements and natural disasters / Peter B. Bloland and Holly A. Williams ; [presented to] Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration, Committee on Population and Program on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.

Author

Bloland, Peter B.

Publication

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2003], ©2003.

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Additional Authors

• Williams, Holly A.
• Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration.
• Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health. Program on Forced Migration and Health.

Description

xiii, 163 pages : maps; 23 cm

Subject

• Malaria > Epidemiology
• Disaster medicine
• Emigration and immigration > Health aspects
• Malaria > prevention & control
• Emigration and Immigration
• Disasters
• Relief Work

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-143).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available via the Internet, as viewed 30 December 2002.

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 -- App. A. Description of Antimalarial Drugs -- App. B. Methodology for Efficacy Assessment of In Vivo Malaria Therapy -- App. C. Alternative Treatment Regimens for Severe Malaria -- App. D. Malaria Research and Technical Resources.

ISBN

0309086159 (pbk.)

LCCN

2002151428

OCLC

• ocm50769385
• SCSB-4326706

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries