Author: Anthony M. JordanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Trypanosomiasis Control and African Rural Development
Author: Anthony M. JordanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Trypanosomiasis Control And African Rural Development
Author: A. M. JordanLinking Sustainable Human and Animal African Trypanosomosis Control with Rural Development Strategies
Author: Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Concerns relating to tourism, wildlife and the environment also need to be taken into account.
Economic Issues in Trypanosomiasis Control
Author: J. C. BarrettPublisher:
ISBN: 9780859544832
Category : Trypanosomiasis
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Trypanosomiasis is a significant disease of man and livestock, and in sub-Saharan Africa is transmitted exclusively by the tsetse fly. Apart from the suffering caused by the disease, trypanosomiasis and its control have many direct and indirect economic consequences. This Bulletin discusses investigations carried out in Zimbabwe and Zambia into the costs of four major techniques used for tsetse control. A methodology for cost comparison based on simple economic models is demonstated. Of interest to planners and resource managers, and all those concerned with trypanosomiasis control and rural development in tsetse-affected areas of Africa.
Control and Surveillance of Human African Trypanosomiasis
Author: Publisher: World Health Organization
ISBN: 9241209844
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
This report provides information about new diagnostic approaches, new therapeutic regimens and better understanding of the distribution of the disease with high-quality mapping. The roles of human and animal reservoirs and the tsetse fly vectors that transmit the parasites are emphasized. The new information has formed the basis for an integrated strategy with which it is hoped that elimination of HAT will be achieved. The report also contains recommendations on the approaches that will lead to elimination of the disease. Human African Tryponosomiasis (HAT) is a disease that afflicts populations in rural Africa, where the tsetse fly vector that transmits the causative trypanosome parasites thrives. There are two forms of HAT: one, known as gambiense HAT, is endemic in West and Central Africa and causes over 95% of current cases; the other, known as rhodesiense HAT, is endemic in East and southern Africa and accounts for the remainder of cases. The presence of parasites in the brain leads to progressive neurological breakdown. Changes to sleep-wake patterns are among the symptoms that characterize the disease, also known as "sleeping sickness". Eventually, patients fall into a coma and die if not treated. Different treatments are available against parasites present in the haemolymphatic system (first stage) and those that have entered the brain (second stage). Currently, lumbar puncture is required to select the appropriate drug.
The African Trypanosomiases
Author: C. W. LeePublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The tsetse-transmitted trypanosomiases are diseases of man and his domestic livestock that have contributed to the prevalence of poverty, malnutrition, and disease in much of tropical Africa. Although the human disease has caused considerable suffering and death, it is the disease of domestic livestock which has, in economic terms, had the most profound effects as a major factor restricting rural African development, particularly by limiting food supply and land use. After a general discussion of the disease and its effects, this report describes the problems and techniques of controlling tsetse-transmitted trypanosomiases in the context of rural development in Africa. It also attempts to show that techniques to achieve an effective degree of trypanosomaiasis control, at least in some ecological conditions, already exist and that there is now an urgent need to put them into practice in conjunction with practical land use programmes.
Programme for the Control of African Animal Trypanosomiasis and Related Development
Author: Epidemiology and Control of African Trypanosomiasis
Author: WHO Expert Committee on the Epidemiology and Control of African TrypanosomiasisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Economic Guidelines for Strategic Planning of Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Control in West Africa
Author: A. P. M. ShawPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251050064
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
PAAT = Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis (i.e. sleeping sickness).
Control and Surveillance of Human African Trypanosomiasis
Author: World Health OrganizationPublisher:
ISBN: 9789240691728
Category : African trypanosomiasis
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
This report provides information about new diagnostic approaches new therapeutic regimens and better understanding of the distribution of the disease with high-quality mapping. The roles of human and animal reservoirs and the tsetse fly vectors that transmit the parasites are emphasized. The new information has formed the basis for an integrated strategy with which it is hoped that elimination of HAT will be achieved. The report also contains recommendations on the approaches that will lead to elimination of the disease.Human African Tryponosomiasis (HAT) is a disease that afflicts populations in rural Africa where the tsetse fly vector that transmits the causative trypanosome parasites thrives. There are two forms of HAT: one known as gambiense HAT is endemic in West and Central Africa and causes over 95% of current cases; the other known as rhodesiense HAT is endemic in East and southern Africa and accounts for the remainder of cases. The presence of parasites in the brain leads to progressive neurological breakdown. Changes to sleep-wake patterns are among the symptoms that characterize the disease also known as sleeping sickness . Eventually patients fall into a coma and die if not treated. Different treatments are available against parasites present in the haemolymphatic system (first stage) and those that have entered the brain (second stage). Currently lumbar puncture is required to select the appropriate drug.