Health Organisation, Malaria Comission; World Health Organization : Organisation Mondiale de la Sante; Serie de Monographies, Issue No. 76. 883: Vector Resistance to Insecticides ; A Review of its Operational Significance in Malaria Eradication and Control Programmes

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Title:	Health Organisation, Malaria Comission; World Health Organization : Organisation Mondiale de la Sante; Serie de Monographies, Issue No. 76. 883: Vector Resistance to Insecticides ; A Review of its Operational Significance in Malaria Eradication and Control Programmes
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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CONTENTS Page 1. I n t r o d u c t i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. The vector resistance problem: the timing of i t s appearance and its operational implications in r e l a t i o n t o programme development . . . . . . . 2 2.1 Vector resistance existing a t the onset of the malaria eradication programme and continuing up to the present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.2 Vector resistance appearin gradually during the attack phase and in the consolidation andyor maintenance phase . . . . . . . . . 3 2.3 Vector resistance in areas with no generalized residual house spraying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.4 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3. The role of agricultural pesticides i n ' a c c e l e r a t i n g s e l e c t i o n f o r vector r e s i s t a n c e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4. C r i t e r i a for determining the c r i t i c a l level. of vector r e s i s t a n c e for decision making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. Remedial measures and future prospects 8 5.1 The American Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5.2 Other WHO regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 Conclusion 10 6. The operational consequences of the vector resistance problem in antimalaria programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 Financial aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 6.2 Administrative aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6.3 Certain technical aspects 12 7. Conclusions and recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Signatories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 T a b l e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18